MENCKEN, H.L. : Moral certainty is always a sign of cultural inferiority. The more uncivilized the man, the surer he is that he knows precisely what is right and what is wrong. The truly civilized man is always skeptical and tolerant. (H.L. Mencken, German-American journalist and social critic, 1880-1956)

MENCKEN, H.L. : It is inaccurate to say I hate everything related to politics. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office. (H.L. Mencken, German-American journalist and social critic, 1880-1956)

MENCKEN, H.L. : A living language is like a man suffering incessantly from small hemorrhages, and what it needs above all else is constant transactions of new blood from other tongues. (H.L. Mencken, German-American journalist and social critic, 1880-1956)

MENCKEN, H.L. : The truly civilized man is always skeptical and tolerant. His culture is based on I am not too sure. (H.L. Mencken, German-American journalist and social critic, 1880-1956)

MENCKEN, H.L. : Opera in English is, in the main, just about as sensible as baseball in Italian. (H.L. Mencken, German-American journalist and social critic, 1880-1956)