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When fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression.

H. L. Mencken

All government, in its essence, is a conspiracy against the superior man: its one permanent object is to oppress him and cripple him.
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Government Himself Men Oppression
There is no idea so stupid that you can’t find a professor who will believe it.
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Believe Ideas Stupidity Teaching 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
Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
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Belief Freedom Ignorance Rule Wisdom
When fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression.
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Limitation Oppression Power War
Journalism is to politician as dog is to lamp-post.
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Career Dog Journalism Politics
A church is a place in which gentlemen who have never been to Heaven brag about it to persons who will never get there.
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Funny Heaven Humor Person Place
Imagine the Creator as a low comedian, and at once the world becomes explicable.
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Democracy Freedom Imagination World
Most people want security in this world, not liberty.
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Deep Freedom Liberty People Security
Freedom of press is limited to those who own one.
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Freedom Funny Limitation Oneself Politics
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
There’s really no point to voting. If it made any difference, it would probably be illegal.
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Democracy Difference Vote
A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he is married.
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Fools Funny Himself Man Marriage
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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Forever Freedom Hate Honesty Myself Strong
The best teacher is not the one who knows most but the one who is most capable of reducing knowledge to that simple compound of the obvious and wonderful.
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Education Knowledge Simplicity Teaching Wonderful
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
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Anger Black Funny Hands Time

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