H. L. Mencken Quotes

In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.

Democracy is the fig leaf of elitism.

Religions are manipulated in order to serve those who govern society and not the other way around.

It's in the nature of the Presidency that most of the people youy meet want something.

'The Prince' was written by Machiavelli for the Haves on how to hold power. 'Rules for Radicals' is written for the Have-Nots on how to take it away.

It's better to be known as a puppet than pretend not to be a puppet like Nawaz Sharif.

The respected intellectuals are those who conform and serve power interests.

Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.

Power is not something that can be assumed or discarded at will like underwear.

Liberal: a power worshipper without power.

People in power, they're so used to people kind of playing up to them.

The most powerful men were those who most effectively used the power of adult competence to enforce childish agreements.

Secrecy is the foundation of politics.

Well, I have an interest in power. I have an interest in people who find themselves in the position to exercise absolute power.

There's a tendency, especially among revolutionaries, to only show the good side of yourself and then when you come to power, the bad side comes out.

In the sense that you're not at the centre of power, like a president or prime minister of a major power, everyone is marginalised; my position doesn't isn't unique in that respect. I think there are different sorts of relevance in different contexts.

Men still have to be governed by deception.

So I still seized the power, but I felt that if I officially made myself the boss, in black and white, it would be too intimidating for the other producers and the other men who worked on the show. In other words, I had the power, but I gave them the title.

I've been dealing with politicians all my life. All my life. And I've always gotten them to do what I need them to do.

Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.

But there is a difference between cozying up to power and being close to power.

We have all, at one time or another, been performers, and many of us still are - politicians, playboys, cardinals and kings.

A demagogue is a person with whom we disagree as to which gang should mismanage the country.

All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.

I hate uneducated people having power …