Friday
The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.

Fortunately for the government, I tend to think things in...
Posted by triticale at December 22, 2006 12:55 PM
Presumably most Samisdatists would be proud to say:
"I am that man."
Posted by Freeman at December 23, 2006 10:35 AM
"Its Inner Nature", from "Matters of State, Prejudices: Third Series", 1922, pp. 289-92. First printed in the Smart Set, December, 1919, pp. 71-71.
Included in "The Mencken Crestomathy" at pp. 145-146.
"All government is, in its essence, a conspiracy against the superior man..."
The "Crestomathy" is indispensable.
Posted by Billy Beck at December 23, 2006 10:22 PM










