H. L. Mencken Quote: The American people, I am convinced,...

The American people, I am convinced, really detest free speech. At the slightest alarm they are ready and eager to put it down.

- H. L. Mencken

H. L. Mencken Quotes

- The Notorious B.I.G.

There’s gonna be a lot of slow singing and flower bringing if my burglar alarm starts ringing.

Topic(s): Ifs , Flower , Singing , Hip Hop , Rap , Alarms , Burglars More...

- James Madison

We are right to take alarm at the first experiment upon our liberties.

Topic(s): Firsts , Liberty , Experiments , Alarms , Tyranny Founding Fathers

- J. C. Watts

Most of all, however, critics of black conservatives say we’ve forgotten where we came from. I may forget a federal budget number or, God forbid, to set the alarm clock for my weekly 6 a.m. flight to Washington, but I know exactly where I came from.

Topic(s): Knows , May , Black , Forget , Numbers , Critics , Forgotten , Flight , Clock , Budgets , Alarms , Alarm Clocks , Where We Came More...

- Albert Camus

When I see a new face, something sets off an alarm bell inside me. ‘slow down! Danger!’ Even when the attraction is strongest, I am on my guard.

Topic(s): Faces , Danger , Attraction , Strongest , Bells , Slow Down , Alarms , New Faces More...

- Lenny Bruce

Every group, every system has a set of values and morals and when you get outside those, then the alarms ring. I was politically incorrect to 95% of the country; luckily my 5% had the bread to come see me.