{"id":1843,"date":"2008-03-08T11:29:54","date_gmt":"2008-03-08T16:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/quote-of-the-day\/03\/08\/mencken-on-fear\/"},"modified":"2012-12-26T16:15:12","modified_gmt":"2012-12-26T21:15:12","slug":"mencken-on-fear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/quote-of-the-day\/03\/08\/mencken-on-fear\/","title":{"rendered":"Mencken on Fear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear &#8211; fear of the unknown, the complex, the inexplicable. What he wants above everything else is safety.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>HL Mencken<\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to Prose Before Hos <a href=\"http:\/\/www.feedburner.com\/fb\/a\/emailverifySubmit?feedId=213418\">via email<\/a> or via <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/ProseBeforeHos\">RSS feed<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?t=probefhos-20&#038;o=1&#038;p=8&#038;l=as1&#038;asins=1599866315&#038;fc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;lt1=_blank&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;bc1=000000&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;f=ifr\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>   &nbsp;   <iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?t=probefhos-20&#038;o=1&#038;p=8&#038;l=as1&#038;asins=B0010J4KTC&#038;fc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;lt1=_blank&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;bc1=000000&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;f=ifr\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>   &nbsp;   <iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?t=probefhos-20&#038;o=1&#038;p=8&#038;l=as1&#038;asins=0394752090&#038;fc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;lt1=_blank&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;bc1=000000&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;f=ifr\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>   &nbsp;   <iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?t=probefhos-20&#038;o=1&#038;p=8&#038;l=as1&#038;asins=0679728953&#038;fc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;lt1=_blank&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;bc1=000000&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;f=ifr\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>See Also:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.capitolhillblue.com\/cont\/node\/4777\">Who&#8217;s watching the watchers?<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/wilderside.wordpress.com\/2008\/03\/07\/why-support-cynthia-mckinney\/\">Why support Cynthia McKinney?<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/snarkybastards.com\/index.php\/2008\/03\/06\/yep-theyre-fools\/\">Yep, they\u2019re fools<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.groupnewsblog.net\/2008\/03\/bush-all-your-mail-are-belong-to-us.html\">Bush: All Your Mail Are Belong To Us<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atlargely.com\/2008\/03\/domestic-spying.html\">Domestic spying violated our rights&#8230; surprised?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[tags]hl mencken, fear, national security, 9\/11, 9-11, september 11th, terrorism, george bush, patriot act, quote[\/tags]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear &#8211; fear of the unknown, the complex, the inexplicable. 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