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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.

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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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Determination Leadership Rebel Sound
There are two kinds of Europeans: The smart ones, and those who stayed behind.
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Difference Kind Smart Stay
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
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
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
Freedom of press is limited to those who own one.
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Freedom Funny Limitation Oneself Politics
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
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
After all is said and done, a hell lot of a lot more is said than done.
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Action Hell Talk
For every problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong.
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Choice Moral Philosophy Problem Simplicity Wrong
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
Journalism is to politician as dog is to lamp-post.
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Career Dog Journalism Politics
When somebody says it’s not about the money, it’s about the money.
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Deep Money
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 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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Belief Himself Mystery Right True Victim
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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Ideal Myself Rose

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