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…
Presumably most Samisdatists would be proud to say:
“I am that man.”
“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.