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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

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
When fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression.
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Limitation Oppression Power War
Misogynist: A man who hates women as much as women hate one another.
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Feminism Hate Man Women
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
Always remember this: If you don’t attend the funerals of your friends, they will certainly not attend yours.
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Age Friendship Remember Yourself
The final test of truth is ridicule. Very few dogmas have ever faced it and survived.
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Face Survive Truth
Socialist: A man suffering from an overwhelming conviction to believe what is not true.
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Believe Men Suffering True
Free speech is too dangerous to a democracy to be permitted.
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Danger Democracy Freedom Scare
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
For every problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong.
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Choice Moral Philosophy Problem Simplicity Wrong
The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.
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Argument Crime Funny Humor Kind Poor
People do not expect to find chastity in a whorehouse. Why, then, do they expect to find honesty and humanity in government, a congeries of institutions whose modus operandi consists of lying, cheating, stealing, and if need be, murdering those who resist?
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Cheating Expectation Government Honesty Humanity Lying Need People Resistance
Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
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Belief Freedom Ignorance Rule Wisdom
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
On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.
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Desire Funny Glory Greatness Heart
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

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