My literary theory, like my politics, is based chiefly upon one idea, to wit, the idea of freedom. I am, in belief, a libertarian of the most extreme… - H. L. Mencken

When I hear artists or authors making fun of business men, I think of a regiment in which the band makes fun of the cooks.

The notion that a radical is one who hates his country is naïve and usually idiotic. He is, more likely, one who likes his country more than the rest of us, and is thus more disturbed than the rest of us when he sees it debauched. He is not a bad citizen turning to crime; he is a good citizen driven to despair.

On one issue, at least, men and women agree: they both distrust women.