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Government’s great contribution to human wisdom is the discovery that the taxpayer has more than one pocket.

H. L. Mencken

The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.
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Himself Men Oneself
Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
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Belief Freedom Ignorance Rule Wisdom
The State doesn’t just want you to obey, it wants to make you WANT to obey.
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Government Politics Yourself
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
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
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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Education Ourselves Run Time
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
After all is said and done, a hell lot of a lot more is said than done.
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Action Hell Talk
Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.
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Animal Art Democracy Science
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
The average man does not get pleasure out of an idea because he thinks it is true; he thinks it is true because he gets pleasure out of it.
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Himself Ideas Man Thinking True
The ideal way to get rid of any infectious disease would be to shoot instantly every person who comes down with it.
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Death Freedom Ideal Kill Sick
Freedom of press is limited to those who own one.
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Freedom Funny Limitation Oneself Politics
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
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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Freedom Gratitude Myself Thankful World
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

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