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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.

H. L. Mencken

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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Democracy Goodness Hands Right
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
Freedom of press is limited to those who own one.
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Freedom Funny Limitation Oneself Politics
Journalism is to politician as dog is to lamp-post.
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Career Dog Journalism Politics
The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one’s time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all.
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Beginning Fight Freedom Human Law Oppression Stop Time
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
Imagine the Creator as a low comedian, and at once the world becomes explicable.
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Democracy Freedom Imagination World
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
What men value in this world is not rights but privileges.
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Leadership Men Priviledge Right Value
For every problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong.
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Choice Moral Philosophy Problem Simplicity Wrong
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
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
When somebody says it’s not about the money, it’s about the money.
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Deep Money
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
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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