H.L. Mencken Quotes

I Am Wholly Devoid Of Public Spirit Or Moral Purpose. This Is Incomprehensible To Many Men, And They Seek To Remedy The Defect By Crediting Me With Purposes Of Their Own. The Only Thing I Respect Is Intellectual Honesty, Of Which, Of Course, Intellectual Courage Is A Necessary Part. A Socialist Who Goes To Jail For His Opinions Seems To Me A Much Finer Man Than The Judge Who Sends Him There, Though I Disagree With All The Ideas Of The Socialist And Agree With Some Of Those Of The Judge. But Though He Is Fine, The Socialist Is Nevertheless Foolish, For He Suffers For What Is Untrue. If I Knew What Was True, I'd Probably Be Willing To Sweat And Strive For It, And Maybe Even To Die For It To The Tune Of Bugle-blasts. But So Far I Have Not Found It.

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