H.L. Mencken

Of government, at least in democratic states, it may be said briefly that it is an agency engaged wholesale, and as a matter of solemn duty, in the performance of acts which all self-respecting individuals refrain from as a matter of common decency.

— H.L. Mencken

• H.L. Mencken, Americas Wittiest Defender of Liberty
  by Jim Powell
  Foundation for Economic Education
• H.L. Mencken: The Joyous Libertarian
  by Murray N. Rothbard
  LewRockwell.com
• The Bathtub, Mencken, and War
  by Wendy McElroy
  Foundation for Economic Education
• The Land of the Free
  by H.L. Mencken
  American Studies at University of Virginia
• The Declaration of Independence in American
  by H.L. Mencken
  American Studies at University of Virginia