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H. L. Mencken

Freedom of press is limited to those who own one.
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Freedom Funny Limitation Oneself Politics
A church is a place in which gentlemen who have never been to Heaven brag about it to persons who will never get there.
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Funny Heaven Humor Person Place
The central belief of every moron is that he is the victim of a mysterious conspiracy against his common rights and true deserts.
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Belief Himself Mystery Right True Victim
The best teacher is not the one who knows most but the one who is most capable of reducing knowledge to that simple compound of the obvious and wonderful.
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Education Knowledge Simplicity Teaching Wonderful
The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.
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Danger Government Himself Men Thinking
The only good bureaucrat is one with a pistol at his head. Put it in his hand and it’s good-bye to the Bill of Rights.
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Democracy Goodness Hands Right
There are two kinds of Europeans: The smart ones, and those who stayed behind.
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Difference Kind Smart Stay
Misogynist: A man who hates women as much as women hate one another.
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Feminism Hate Man Women
Most people want security in this world, not liberty.
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Deep Freedom Liberty People Security
There is no idea so stupid that you can’t find a professor who will believe it.
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Believe Ideas Stupidity Teaching Yourself
In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican.
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Freedom Gratitude Myself Thankful World
On one issue, at least, men and women agree. They both distrust women.
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Funny Issues Man Trust Women
Sometimes the idiots outvote the sensible people.
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Democracy People Vote
There’s really no point to voting. If it made any difference, it would probably be illegal.
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Democracy Difference Vote
Evangelical Christianity, as everyone knows, is founded upon hate, as the Christianity of Christ was founded upon love.
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Build Hate Love Religion
When somebody says it’s not about the money, it’s about the money.
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Deep Money

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