H. L. Mencken Quotes About Prophecy

• Communism, like any other revealed religion, is largely made up of prophecies.

  H. L. Mencken

  Religion, Communism, Made

  H.L. Mencken (2013). “Minority Report”, p.277, Knopf

• Communism, like any other revealed religion, is largely made up of prophecies. When they fail to come off its clergy simply say that they will be realized later on. Thus, if we have another boom, they will argue that the collapse of capitalism is only postponed. The fact that the greatest booms ever heard of followed Marx's formal prophecy of the downfall of capitalism is already forgotten, just as millions have long since forgotten the early Christian prophecy that the end of the world was at hand. The first Christians accepted postponements as docilely as the Communists of today.

  H. L. Mencken

  Christian, Hands, Long

  H.L. Mencken (2013). “Minority Report”, p.277, Knopf

• The prophesying business is like writing fugues; it is fatal to every one save the man of absolute genius.

  H. L. Mencken

  Writing, Men, Genius

  H. L. Mencken, Marion Elizabeth Rodgers (2010). “H.L. Mencken: Prejudices: First, Second, and Third Series”, Hubsta Ltd

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