Quote by Henry Louis Mencken on Truth and Lies

„The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth.“

H. L. MenckenHenry Louis Mencken on the admiration of liars and aversion to truth in American society.
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Henry Louis Mencken, commonly known as H. L. Mencken in America, was an American writer, journalist, literary critic, columnist, satirist, and cultural critic of German descent.

A sharp commentary on truth, lies, and public perception in America.


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Quote by Henry Louis Mencken about truth and lies admired by the American people

Henry Louis Mencken (1880–1956) was an influential American writer, journalist, and critic of German heritage. Known for his sharp social commentary and satire, he addressed issues of culture, politics, and society.

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"When a candidate for public office faces the voters he does not face men of sense; he faces a mob of men whose chief distinguishing mark is the fact that they are quite incapable of weighing ideas, or even of comprehending any save the most elemental - men whose whole thinking is done in terms of emotion, and whose dominant emotion is dread of what they cannot understand. So confronted, the candidate must either bark with the pack or be lost... All the odds are on the man who is, intrinsically, the most devious and mediocre." Henry Louis Mencken
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"The American Fascists are most easily recognized by their deliberate perversion of truth and fact.... They cultivate hate and distrust of both Britain and Russia. They claim to be super-patriots, but they would destroy every liberty guaranteed by the Constitution. They demand free enterprise, but are the spokesmen for monopoly and vested interest. Their final objective, toward which all their deceit is directed, is to capture political power, so that using the power of the State and the power of the market simultaneously they may keep the common man in eternal subjection." Henry A. Wallace
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