H. L. Mencken Quotes:
Ocupation: Journalist
Life: September 12, 1880 - January 29, 1956
Birthday: September 12
Death: January 29
Every step in human progress, from the first feeble stirrings in the abyss of time, has been opposed by the great majority of men. Every valuable thing that has been added to the store of man's possessions has been derided by them when it was new, and destroyed by them when they had the power. They have fought every new truth ever heard of, and they have killed every truth-seeker who got into their hands.
source: "Homo Neanderthalensis Baltimore Sun". "The Impossible Mencken" by H. L. Mencken, June 29, 1925.
topic: Men, Hands, Progress, Valuable Things, Human Progress, Truth Seekers
