H.L. Mencken? Apocryphal? Question for Quote Investigator: The following saying is credited to H.L. Mencken on several websites, and I found it in some quotation dictionaries. But I cannot find it directly in any works written by Mencken. Could you tell me if the attribution is correct? The urge to save humanity is almost always … Continue reading Quote Origin: The Urge to Save Humanity is Almost Always Only a False-Face for the Urge to Rule It