Chrestomathy Mencken Quotes

#1. Justice is the handmaiden of truth, and when truth dies, justice is buried with it.

Ravi Zacharias

#2. You see, fears will arise that prevent you from doing as He asks - proclaiming the gospel, reaching out to those in need, and submitting to His will. But the fear of the Lord - your respect for Him - should motivate you to obey Him anyway.

Charles F. Stanley

#3. I'm as old as both of you," she said, even though she suspected she
wasn't, "and I'm smarter, and I can probably fight as well as you can.

Kristin Cashore

#4. The number of men sitting at Atlanta and Leavenworth for revolting against the extortions of the government is always ten times as great as the number of government officials condemned for oppressing the taxpayers to their own gain. (Mencken, A Mencken Chrestomathy, pp.

Murray N. Rothbard

#5. There simply must be a corpse in a detective novel,
and the deader the corpse the better.

S. S. Van Dine

#6. By now I can recognize the women at a glance ... with faces that are either grim
or good-humored, depending on the mood of their husbands.

Anne Frank

#7. Hope strengthens. Fear kills.

Karen Marie Moning

#8. Everyone thinks I'm Jewish. I'm not. Last year I got a call: "Happy Hanukkah." I said "Ma, I'm not Jewish.

Joy Behar

#9. Whoever moves into a community has a vested interest in it.

Andrew Goodman