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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.

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
The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.
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Freedom Humanity Peace Rule Save War
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
You can’t do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth.
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Deep Inspirational Life Philosophy Worth Yourself
Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
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Belief Freedom Ignorance Rule Wisdom
Don’t overestimate the decency of the human race.
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Dignity Human Race
There’s really no point to voting. If it made any difference, it would probably be illegal.
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Democracy Difference Vote
The only thing wrong with Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address was that it was the South, not the North, that was fighting for a government of the people, by the people and for the people.
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Fight Government People Wrong
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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Children Failure God Man Success Theory
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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Democracy Goodness Hands Right
After all is said and done, a hell lot of a lot more is said than done.
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Action Hell Talk
The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.
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Danger Government Himself Men Thinking
The American people, North and South, went into the [Civil] war as citizens of their respective states, they came out as subjects … what they thus lost they have never got back.
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Citizenship Liberty Lost People War
If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner.
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Food Politics Promise
Journalism is to politician as dog is to lamp-post.
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Career Dog Journalism Politics
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

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