When somebody says it’s not about the money, it’s about the money.
H. L. MENCKENChange is not progress.
More H. L. Mencken Quotes
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Change is not progress.
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There are two kinds of Europeans: The smart ones, and those who stayed behind.
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The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one’s time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all.
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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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Most people want security in this world, not liberty.
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Socialist: A man suffering from an overwhelming conviction to believe what is not true.
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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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Evangelical Christianity, as everyone knows, is founded upon hate, as the Christianity of Christ was founded upon love.
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The State doesn’t just want you to obey, it wants to make you WANT to obey.
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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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A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
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The chief difference between free capitalism and State socialism seems to be this: that under the former a man pursues his own advantage openly, frankly and honestly, whereas under the latter he does so hypocritically and under false pretenses.
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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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Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
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Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.
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