• Laws are no longer made by a rational process of public discussion; they are made by a process of blackmail and intimidation, and they are executed in the same manner

    H. L. Mencken: Laws are no longer made by a rational process of public discussion; they are made by a process of blackmail and intimidation, and they are executed in the same manner
    H.L. Mencken (2012). “Mencken Chrestomathy”, p.260, Vintage