Thursday, September 12, 2013

Liberty Quotes- George Orwell, H. L. Mencken

"At any given moment, there is a sort of all pervading orthodoxy,
a general tacit agreement not to discuss large and uncomfortable facts."
-- George Orwell
[Eric Arthur Blair] (1903-1950) British author
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/George.Orwell.Quote.1493


"The art of politics, under democracy, is simply the art of ringing it. Two branches reveal themselves. There is the art of the demagogue, and there is the art of what may be called, by a shot-gun marriage of Latin and Greek, the demaslave. They are complementary, and both of them are degrading to their practitioners. The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots. The demaslave is one who listens to what these idiots have to say and then pretends that he believes it himself."
-- H. L. Mencken
(1880-1956) American Journalist, Editor, Essayist, Linguist, Lexicographer, and Critic
Source: "Notes On Democracy"
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/H..L..Mencken.Quote.09CD


"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron."
-- H. L. Mencken
(1880-1956) American Journalist, Editor, Essayist, Linguist, Lexicographer, and Critic
Source: "Notes On Democracy"
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/H..L..Mencken.Quote.DCA9


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