Satirical View on Politics by H. L. Mencken

„Whatever the label on the parties, or the war cries issuing from the demagogues who lead them, the practical choice is between the plutocracy on the one side and a rabble of preposterous impossibilists on the other.“

H. L. MenckenH. L. Mencken describes the choice between plutocracy and a group of utopian idealists in politics.
PreviousNext

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 satirical observation on the political choice between plutocracy and utopian views.


Translation or original: 🇩🇪Click here

Quelle: Hier klicken

i

3.0 / 5

Political quote image featuring H. L. Mencken

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.

Quote about democracy and political parties in the United States by H. L. MenckenCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
/
0 Comments
"Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule—and both commonly succeed, and are right... The United States has never developed an aristocracy really disinterested or an intelligentsia really intelligent. Its history is simply a record of vacillations between two gangs of frauds." H. L. Mencken
Read more
Quote by Caroll Quigley about political parties being almost identical in their policiesCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
/
0 Comments
"The argument that the two parties should represent opposed ideals and policies, one, perhaps, of the Right and the other of the Left, is a foolish idea acceptable only to doctrinaire and academic thinkers. Instead, the two parties should be almost identical, so that the American people can throw the rascals out at any election without leading to any profound or extensive shifts in policy. Then it should be possible to replace it, every four years if necessary, by the other party, which will be none of these things but will still pursue, with new vigor, approximately the same basic policies." Caroll Quigley
Read more
Political quote by Henry Louis Mencken about voters and candidatesCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
/
0 Comments
"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
Read more
0 replies

Leave a Reply

Want to join the discussion?
Feel free to contribute!

Leave a Reply

Religion Is Like a Blind Man – Quote by Oscar WildeQuote about religion by Oscar Wilde comparing it to a blind man searching for a black cat in a dark roomCopyright © yoice.net – Quote ArtworkFalsehood and truth quote by Thomas FrancklinCopyright © yoice.net – Quote ArtworkFalsehood and Truth – Thomas Francklin