“As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
#HLMencken
#HLMencken predicted this #Confederate #idiocracy
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong."
✒ #HLMencken, American essayist and critic ("Smart Set"), #DOTD 29 January 1956. #Literature
#HLMencken #democracy #politics
Does anyone have an authoritative source for this quote attributed to Mencken?
"Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance"
It's been attributed to his Notes On Journalism […]
“Jealousy is the theory that some other fellow has just as little taste.” — H. L. Mencken, A Little Book in C Major
#QOTD #HLMencken #Quotation #Jealousy #Quote
The Scopes trial: Is it over? open.substack.com/pub/johnnogo... #TheScopesTrial #ClarenceDarrow #WilliamJenningsBryan #DaytonTennessee #Evolutiontheories #MAGA #Americanhistory #Famoustrials #HLMencken
“For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple and wrong.”
— H. L. Mencken
#Bluesky #HLMencken #ComplexProblems #SimpleWrongAnswers #MenckenWisdom #CriticalThinking #WisdomQuotes #LifeLessons #HumanCondition #PhilosophyOfLife #DeepReflections #TruthInSatire #QuestionEverything
“As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.” Happy Birthday #HLMencken
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you can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth
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September 12 is the birthday of pundit #HLMencken who we #quote and back with a picture of a recent #Fallbrook #sunset. If this #quotograph speaks to you, please repost it.
François I of France (1494), Henry Hudson (1575), #HLMencken (1880), Maurice Chevalier (1888), Alfred Knopf (1892), 7Juscelino Kubitschek (1902), Jesse Owens 91913), Sir Ian Holm (1931), Tatiana Troyanos (1938), Leslie Cheung (1956) & Louis C.K. [Louis Székely] (1967) #OnThisDay...
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron." ~ H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
"The older I grow, the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom."
- H.L. Mencken
FYI - Hot days means more pics of the dark lord Night Fury. More birding pics when the air is breathable. 😊
#Cats #BlackCats #NightFury #NachtFürie #HerrNachtFürie #HLMencken #Wisdom #Age
Online Safety: the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be looking at something without having asked permission of someone like yourself
https://alecmuffett.com/article/114056
#AgeVerification #HLMencken #OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #censorship #surveillance
“Democratic man, dreaming eternally of Utopias, is ever a prey to shibboleths.” — H. L. Mencken, Notes on Democracy
#QOTD #HLMencken #Quote #Democracy #Shibboleths #Utopia
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron." ~ H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
H.L. Mencken Quote: "Morality is doing right, no matter what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told, no matter what is right."
"For every #complex #problem, there is a #solution that is simple, neat, and wrong." ~ #HLMencken #quote #problemsolving #engineering #science
"Never #argue with a man whose job depends on his not being convinced." ~ #HLMencken #quote #futility
#HLMencken : "No one ... has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone ever lost public office thereby."
Today's feature: 'An H.L. Mencken quote' By @TheCPDiary
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#thecpdiary #feature #HLMencken #quotes
Happy (𝟭𝟰𝟯rd) birthday, George Jean #Nathan! 🎂🥳👏 [°Feb. 𝟭𝟰, 1882 – Apr. 8, 1958]🌹😔
#BlackMaskMagazine #Pulpmagazine #TheSmartSet #Literarymagazine #TheAmericanSpectator #TheAmericanMercury #HLMencken #WalterWinchell #LillianGish #EllaNirdlinger #GeorgeJeanNathan
“No one ever heard of the truth being enforced by law.” — H. L. Mencken, Minority Report
#qotd #HLMencken #truth #quote
