It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man.
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Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods.
More H. L. Mencken Quotes
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It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man.
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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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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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The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.
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The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.
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Change is not progress.
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No professional politician is ever actually in favor of public economy. It is his implacable enemy, and he knows it. All professional politicians are dedicated wholeheartedly to waste and corruption. They are the enemies of every decent man.
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The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God’s children, but that as soon as he succeeds he is taken over by the Devil.
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Morality is doing what is right, no matter what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told, no matter what is right.
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There are two impossibilities in life: “just one drink” and “an honest politician.”
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Don’t overestimate the decency of the human race.
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The only good bureaucrat is one with a pistol at his head. Put it in his hand and it’s good-bye to the Bill of Rights.
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Always remember this: If you don’t attend the funerals of your friends, they will certainly not attend yours.
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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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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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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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