H. L. Mencken Quote

There has never been a large political or social question before the American people which did not quickly resolve itself into a moral question.


in Smart Set, 1914, from S. T. Joshi, ed. Mencken's America [2004]


There has never been a large political or social question before the American people which did not quickly resolve itself into a moral question.

There has never been a large political or social question before the American people which did not quickly resolve itself into a moral question.

There has never been a large political or social question before the American people which did not quickly resolve itself into a moral question.

There has never been a large political or social question before the American people which did not quickly resolve itself into a moral question.