Liberty is of small value to the lower third of humanity. They greatly prefer security, which means protection by some class above them. They are always in favor of despots who promise to feed them. The only liberty an inferior man really cherishes is the liberty to quit work, stretch out in the sun, and scratch himself.


Minority Report (1956)

H. L. Mencken Quotes

Liberty is of small value to the lower third of humanity. They greatly prefer security, which means protection by some class above them. They are...

Liberty is of small value to the lower third of humanity. They greatly prefer security, which means protection by some class above them. They are...

Liberty is of small value to the lower third of humanity. They greatly prefer security, which means protection by some class above them. They are...

Liberty is of small value to the lower third of humanity. They greatly prefer security, which means protection by some class above them. They are...