The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos.
All government, in its essence, is a conspiracy against the superior man: its one permanent object is to oppress him and cripple him.
No government as such is ever in favor of the freedom of the individual. Minority Report : H.L. Mencken's Notebooks (1956)
In other words, government is a broker in pillage, and every election is sort of an advance auction sale of stolen goods. Charting the Candidates '72 (1972)
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.
The kind of man who wants the government to adopt and enforce his ideas is always the kind of man whose ideas are idiotic. Minority Report : H.L. Mencken's Notebooks (1956)