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The ideal way to get rid of any infectious disease would be to shoot instantly every person who comes down with it.

H. L. Mencken

Sometimes the idiots outvote the sensible people.
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Democracy People Vote
The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God’s children, but that as soon as he succeeds he is taken over by the Devil.
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Children Failure God Man Success Theory
When fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression.
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Limitation Oppression Power War
The final test of truth is ridicule. Very few dogmas have ever faced it and survived.
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Face Survive Truth
The only thing wrong with Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address was that it was the South, not the North, that was fighting for a government of the people, by the people and for the people.
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Fight Government People Wrong
There are two impossibilities in life: “just one drink” and “an honest politician.”
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Honesty Impossible Life Politics
It doesn’t take a majority to make a rebellion; it takes only a few determined leaders and a sound cause.
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Determination Leadership Rebel Sound
The chief difference between free capitalism and State socialism seems to be this: that under the former a man pursues his own advantage openly, frankly and honestly, whereas under the latter he does so hypocritically and under false pretenses.
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Differences Freedom Honesty Hypocrisy Men Pursue
A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers.
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Funny Justice Law Student
A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
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Death Flower Funny Humor
Misogynist: A man who hates women as much as women hate one another.
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Feminism Hate Man Women
The State doesn’t just want you to obey, it wants to make you WANT to obey.
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Government Politics Yourself
No professional politician is ever actually in favor of public economy. It is his implacable enemy, and he knows it. All professional politicians are dedicated wholeheartedly to waste and corruption. They are the enemies of every decent man.
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Corruption Dedication Enemy Himself Man Politics Professional Waste
Freedom of press is limited to those who own one.
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Freedom Funny Limitation Oneself Politics
There are two kinds of Europeans: The smart ones, and those who stayed behind.
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Difference Kind Smart Stay
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

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