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H. L. Mencken

There is no idea so stupid that you can’t find a professor who will believe it.
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Believe Ideas Stupidity Teaching Yourself
There’s really no point to voting. If it made any difference, it would probably be illegal.
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Democracy Difference Vote
Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
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Belief Freedom Ignorance Rule Wisdom
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
There are two impossibilities in life: “just one drink” and “an honest politician.”
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Honesty Impossible Life Politics
If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner.
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Food Politics Promise
Journalism is to politician as dog is to lamp-post.
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Career Dog Journalism Politics
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
It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man.
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Believe Funny Hard Man Transformation
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
Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.
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Animal Art Democracy Science
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
Government’s great contribution to human wisdom is the discovery that the taxpayer has more than one pocket.
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Discovery Government Human Liberty Wisdom
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
Evangelical Christianity, as everyone knows, is founded upon hate, as the Christianity of Christ was founded upon love.
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Build Hate Love Religion
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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