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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.

H. L. Mencken

Socialist: A man suffering from an overwhelming conviction to believe what is not true.
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Believe Men Suffering True
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
If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner.
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Food Politics Promise
It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office.
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Forever Freedom Hate Honesty Myself Strong
There’s really no point to voting. If it made any difference, it would probably be illegal.
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Democracy Difference Vote
Journalism is to politician as dog is to lamp-post.
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Career Dog Journalism Politics
Sometimes the idiots outvote the sensible people.
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Democracy People Vote
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 State doesn’t just want you to obey, it wants to make you WANT to obey.
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Government Politics Yourself
When fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression.
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Limitation Oppression Power War
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
Most people want security in this world, not liberty.
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Deep Freedom Liberty People Security
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
Misogynist: A man who hates women as much as women hate one another.
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Feminism Hate Man Women
A professional politician is a professionally dishonorable man. In order to get anywhere near high office he has to make so many compromises and submit to so many humiliations that he becomes indistinguishable from a streetwalker.
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Freedom Honor Men Order Politics
Once a woman passes a certain point in intelligence she finds it almost impossible to get a husband: she simply cannot go on listening without snickering.
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Heart Husband Intelligence Listening Men Simplicity Woman

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