Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
H. L. MENCKENSocialist: A man suffering from an overwhelming conviction to believe what is not true.
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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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There is no idea so stupid that you can’t find a professor who will believe it.
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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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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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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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A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers.
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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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Don’t overestimate the decency of the human race.
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Journalism is to politician as dog is to lamp-post.
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The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.
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It is the classic fallacy of our time that a moron run through a university and decorated with a Ph.D. will thereby cease to be a moron.
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Misogynist: A man who hates women as much as women hate one another.
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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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What men value in this world is not rights but privileges.
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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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