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It is the classic fallacy of our time that a moron run through a university and decorated with a Ph.D. will thereby cease to be a moron.

H. L. Mencken

On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.
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Desire Funny Glory Greatness Heart
Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.
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Freedom Government Integrity Live Men Shame
The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth.
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Daring Lying Man People Success Truth Violence
A sense of humor always withers in the presence of the messianic delusion, like justice and the truth in front of patriotic passion.
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Humor Justice Passion Patriot Presence
Laws are no longer made by a rational process of public discussion; they are made by a process of blackmail and intimidation, and they are executed in the same manner
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Death Fear Law Process Talk
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.
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Democracy Deserve Freedom People Theory
On one issue, at least, men and women agree. They both distrust women.
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Funny Issues Man Trust Women
The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.
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Freedom Humanity Peace Rule Save War
The State doesn’t just want you to obey, it wants to make you WANT to obey.
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Government Politics Yourself
There are two kinds of Europeans: The smart ones, and those who stayed behind.
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Difference Kind Smart Stay
The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear – fear of the unknown, the complex, the inexplicable. What he wants above everything else is safety.
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Courage Emotion Fear Himself Men Safety
The aim of public education is not to spread enlightenment at all; it is simply to reduce as many individuals as possible to the same safe level, to breed a standard citizenry, to put down dissent and originality.
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Citizenship Education Learning Liberty Possible Reality Simplicity
If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner.
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Food Politics Promise
When somebody says it’s not about the money, it’s about the money.
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Deep Money
An idealist is one who, on noticing that roses smell better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup.
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Ideal Myself Rose
After all is said and done, a hell lot of a lot more is said than done.
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Action Hell Talk

It is the classic fallacy of our time that a moron run through a university and decorated with a Ph.D. will thereby cease to be a moron.

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