H. L. Mencken Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old H. L. Mencken quotes, H. L. Mencken sayings, and H. L. Mencken proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

A professional politician is a professionally dishonorable man. In order to get anywhere near high office he has to make so many compromises and submit to so many humiliations that he becomes indistinguishable from a streetwalker. H. L. Mencken