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The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth.

H. L. Mencken

There’s really no point to voting. If it made any difference, it would probably be illegal.
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Democracy Difference Vote
On one issue, at least, men and women agree. They both distrust women.
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Funny Issues Man Trust Women
Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.
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Freedom Government Integrity Live Men Shame
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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Differences Freedom Honesty Hypocrisy Men Pursue
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
The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth.
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Daring Lying Man People Success Truth Violence
A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers.
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Funny Justice Law Student
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
Journalism is to politician as dog is to lamp-post.
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Career Dog Journalism Politics
Freedom of press is limited to those who own one.
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Freedom Funny Limitation Oneself Politics
Sometimes the idiots outvote the sensible people.
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Democracy People Vote
The final test of truth is ridicule. Very few dogmas have ever faced it and survived.
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Face Survive Truth
Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.
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Animal Art Democracy Science
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.
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Democracy Deserve Freedom People Theory
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
The only thing wrong with Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address was that it was the South, not the North, that was fighting for a government of the people, by the people and for the people.
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Fight Government People Wrong

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