When somebody says it’s not about the money, it’s about the money.
H. L. MENCKENFree speech is too dangerous to a democracy to be permitted.
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Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods.
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Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.
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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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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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Always remember this: If you don’t attend the funerals of your friends, they will certainly not attend yours.
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What men value in this world is not rights but privileges.
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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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Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
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A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he is married.
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A church is a place in which gentlemen who have never been to Heaven brag about it to persons who will never get there.
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Morality is doing what is right, no matter what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told, no matter what is right.
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An idealist is one who, on noticing that roses smell better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup.
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No one in this world, so far as I know – and I have searched the records for years, and employed agents to help me – has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people.
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Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
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The ideal way to get rid of any infectious disease would be to shoot instantly every person who comes down with it.
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