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H. L. Mencken

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
For every problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong.
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Choice Moral Philosophy Problem Simplicity Wrong
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
Socialist: A man suffering from an overwhelming conviction to believe what is not true.
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Believe Men Suffering True
There’s really no point to voting. If it made any difference, it would probably be illegal.
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Democracy Difference Vote
Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods.
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Election Liberty Material 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
Change is not progress.
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Change Difference One Liner Progress
Equality before the law is probably forever unattainable. It is a noble ideal, but it can never be realized, for what men value in this world is not rights but privileges.
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Equality Forever Ideal Law Men Priviledge Right World
Free speech is too dangerous to a democracy to be permitted.
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Danger Democracy Freedom Scare
The kind of man who demands that government enforce his ideas is always the kind whose ideas are idiotic.
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Freedom Government Ideas Kind Men
Freedom of press is limited to those who own one.
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Freedom Funny Limitation Oneself Politics
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
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Anger Black Funny Hands Time
Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.
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Easy Hard Love Relationship Stop 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
If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner.
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Food Politics Promise

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