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Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.

H. L. Mencken

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
What men value in this world is not rights but privileges.
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Leadership Men Priviledge Right Value
Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.
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Freedom Government Integrity Live Men Shame
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
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
All government, in its essence, is a conspiracy against the superior man: its one permanent object is to oppress him and cripple him.
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Government Himself Men Oppression
Evangelical Christianity, as everyone knows, is founded upon hate, as the Christianity of Christ was founded upon love.
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Build Hate Love Religion
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.
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Democracy Deserve Freedom People Theory
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
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
Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule—and both commonly succeed, and are right.
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Democracy Freedom Right Rule Success War
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
Freedom of press is limited to those who own one.
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Freedom Funny Limitation Oneself Politics
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 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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Death Freedom Ideal Kill Sick
When fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression.
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Limitation Oppression Power War

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