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Imagine the Creator as a low comedian, and at once the world becomes explicable.

H. L. Mencken

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
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
No one in this world, so far as I know – and I have searched the records for years, and employed agents to help me – has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people.
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Greatness Help Intelligence Lost Money Oneself People Search World
Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
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Belief Freedom Ignorance Rule Wisdom
Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.
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Easy Hard Love Relationship Stop War
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
When somebody says it’s not about the money, it’s about the money.
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The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one’s time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all.
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Beginning Fight Freedom Human Law Oppression Stop Time
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
Journalism is to politician as dog is to lamp-post.
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Career Dog Journalism Politics
There are two impossibilities in life: “just one drink” and “an honest politician.”
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Honesty Impossible Life Politics
Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.
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Freedom Government Integrity Live Men Shame
For every problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong.
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Most people want security in this world, not liberty.
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Deep Freedom Liberty People Security
It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man.
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Believe Funny Hard Man Transformation
A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he is married.
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Fools Funny Himself Man Marriage

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