Sometimes the idiots outvote the sensible people.
H. L. MENCKENThe 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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There are two kinds of Europeans: The smart ones, and those who stayed behind.
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Journalism is to politician as dog is to lamp-post.
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The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God’s children, but that as soon as he succeeds he is taken over by the Devil.
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There’s really no point to voting. If it made any difference, it would probably be illegal.
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Most people want security in this world, not liberty.
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On one issue, at least, men and women agree. They both distrust women.
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Once a woman passes a certain point in intelligence she finds it almost impossible to get a husband: she simply cannot go on listening without snickering.
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The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear – fear of the unknown, the complex, the inexplicable. What he wants above everything else is safety.
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The kind of man who demands that government enforce his ideas is always the kind whose ideas are idiotic.
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Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
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A sense of humor always withers in the presence of the messianic delusion, like justice and the truth in front of patriotic passion.
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The final test of truth is ridicule. Very few dogmas have ever faced it and survived.
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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.
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Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule—and both commonly succeed, and are right.
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The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.
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