In Defense of Women

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The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary.

H.L. Mencken

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Topic

Political theory Politics and lies Politics

Author

H.L. Mencken

Source

In Defense of Women

Genre

Feminist literature

Language

English

Time

1918 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Mencken, HL. "Women as Outlaws." A Mencken Chrestomathy. Alfred A. Knopf, 1949, ch. 3. Originally published In Defense of Women. Philip Goodman, 1918, ch. 2, sec. 13.