The average man doesn't want to be free. He simply wants to be safe.

H.L. Mencken

Notes on Democracy

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Topic

Downsides of freedom Freedom vs. safety Safety

Author

H.L. Mencken

Source

Notes on Democracy

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1926 1920s 20th century

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Writer

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United States

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Citation

Mencken, H. L. Notes on Democracy. Alfred A. Knopf, 1926, pt. 3, ch. 1.

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Source
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Medium
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Proust, Marcel. Albertine disparue [Albertine Gone]. Paris: Gallimard, 1927.

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Proust, Marcel. The Fugitive, edited and translated by Peter Collier. Penguin Classics, 2021.