What did H.L. Mencken mean by: Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods. - H.L. Mencken Journalist · USA Copy
+ The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom. Feraz Zeid, December 5, 2022January 10, 2024, H.L. Mencken, Age, Distrust, Wisdom, 0 - H.L. Mencken Journalist · USA
+ A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin. Feraz Zeid, February 5, 2023January 10, 2024, H.L. Mencken, Flowers, 0 - H.L. Mencken Journalist · USA
+ Husbands never become good; they merely become proficient. Feraz Zeid, May 16, 2023January 10, 2024, H.L. Mencken, Good, 0 - H.L. Mencken Journalist · USA
+ We must be willing to pay a price for freedom. Feraz Zeid, April 13, 2023January 10, 2024, H.L. Mencken, Freedom, Willing, 0 - H.L. Mencken Journalist · USA
+ Alimony – the ransom that the happy pay to the devil. Feraz Zeid, July 18, 2023December 29, 2023, H.L. Mencken, Divorce, Marriage, 0 - H.L. Mencken Journalist · USA
+ Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious. Feraz Zeid, February 15, 2023January 10, 2024, H.L. Mencken, Respect, Self, 0 - H.L. Mencken Journalist · USA
+ Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. Feraz Zeid, June 22, 2023December 29, 2023, H.L. Mencken, Democracy, Ignorance, Wisdom, 0 - H.L. Mencken Journalist · USA
+ Adultery is the application of democracy to love. Feraz Zeid, September 19, 2023December 29, 2023, H.L. Mencken, Adultery, Democracy, Love, 0 - H.L. Mencken Journalist · USA
The first time Haiti had free and fair democratic elections was 1990, when I was elected. - Jean-Bertrand Aristide Politician · Haiti
Any poll is a picture of an unfinished horse race except the Election Day polls. - William J. Clinton Politician · USA
To live every day as if it had been stolen from death, that is how I would like to live. - Garth Stein Author
The Tories win elections when they lead on economic competence. - Maurice Saatchi Advertising executive · Iraq
Heart is the only thing which cannot be stolen without consent. - Mehmet Murat Ildan Playwright and novelist · Turkey
The trouble with free elections is, you never know who is going to win. - Leonid Brezhnev Politician · Ukraine
To finalize, the purpose of an election is to hear the will of the people, not to fabricate votes. - Lincoln Diaz-Balart Politician · Cuba
Regardless of who wins, an election should be a time for optimism and fresh approaches. - Gary Johnson Politician
