"The objection of the scandalmonger is not..." - Quote by H L Mencken

“I believe that it should be perfectly lawful to print even things that outrage the pruderies and prejudices of the general, so long as any honest minority, however small, wants to read them. The remedy of the majority is not prohibition, but avoidance.”

“Firmness in decision is often merely a form of stupidity. It indicates an inability to think the same thing out twice.”

“Liberty is of small value to the lower third of humanity. They greatly prefer security, which means protection by some class above them. They are always in favor of despots who promise to feed them. The only liberty an inferior man really cherishes is the liberty to quit work, stretch out in the sun, and scratch himself.”

“Most people approve of capital punishment, but most people wouldn't do the hangman's job.”

“It is remarkable that among all the preachers there are so few moral teachers. The prophets are employed in excusing the ways of men.”

“With all our crime and all our immorality ... and about as much contentment and respose as a fresh-caged hyena, we go to tell the whole world: we are the only one with the right idea!”

“Those who feed on rumors are small, suspicious souls.”

“Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.”

“He gossips habitually; he lacks the common wisdom to keep still that deadly enemy of man, his own tongue.”