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. MENCKENThe 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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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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The ideal way to get rid of any infectious disease would be to shoot instantly every person who comes down with it.
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There are two kinds of Europeans: The smart ones, and those who stayed behind.
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There are two impossibilities in life: “just one drink” and “an honest politician.”
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Puritanism. The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.
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Imagine the Creator as a low comedian, and at once the world becomes explicable.
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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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The State doesn’t just want you to obey, it wants to make you WANT to obey.
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If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner.
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Don’t overestimate the decency of the human race.
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When fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression.
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After all is said and done, a hell lot of a lot more is said than done.
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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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Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.
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The final test of truth is ridicule. Very few dogmas have ever faced it and survived.
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