Journalism is to politician as dog is to lamp-post.
H. L. MENCKENAlways remember this: If you don’t attend the funerals of your friends, they will certainly not attend yours.
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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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Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.
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When fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression.
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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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For every problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong.
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Puritanism. The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.
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There are two impossibilities in life: “just one drink” and “an honest politician.”
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A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
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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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What men value in this world is not rights but privileges.
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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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A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he is married.
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Misogynist: A man who hates women as much as women hate one another.
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Socialist: A man suffering from an overwhelming conviction to believe what is not true.
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It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man.
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