H. L. Mencken Quote 

"The world always makes the assumption that the exposure of an error is identical with the discovery of truth -- that the error and truth are simply opposite. They are nothing of the sort. What the world turns to, when it is cured on one error, is usually simply another error, and maybe one worse than the first one."

by:
H. L. Mencken
(1880-1956) American Journalist, Editor, Essayist, Linguist, Lexicographer, and Critic
Categories:
 
Bookmark and Share

Reader comments about this quote:
lol, I like it, really funny and true at the same time.
 -- Mike, Norwalk		 
Cuba, under Castro, is a good example. Batista was bad but Castro is infinetly worse.
 -- jim k		 
This describes government exactly -- except we are made to believe these guys are screwing up when in fact their true goal is furthered with each new 'error.' Another reason we should cut off the federal mafia -- each new 'error' tightens their control at our own expense.
 -- E Archer, NYC		 
very well said Archer
 -- Mike, Norwalk		 
Excellent! I may have made that error - sorry guys...
 -- RBESRQ		 
I'm just cynical enough to see things like Archer. It is all by design. I don't know whose design it might be; most certainly not the faces we see on the election posters. As for Mencken's astute observation, there is an infinite number of ways to be wrong and only one way to be right. It must be by shear luck or divine providence that we've survived as long as we have.
 -- Ken, Allyn, WA		 
Bookmark and Share
Rate this quote!
How many stars?
0
1
2
3
4
5
 
What do YOU think?
Your name:
Your town:
    CLICK JUST ONCE!

  
Get a Quote-A-Day! Free!
Liberty Quotes sent to your mail box.
Email:
 
This site is supported
by donors like you!

More Quotations

Read the Bills Act Coalition
Quotes & Quotations - Send This Quote to a Friend

© 1998-2008 Liberty-Tree.ca