It doesn’t take a majority to make a rebellion; it takes only a few determined leaders and a sound cause.
H. L. MENCKENDemocracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.
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Government’s great contribution to human wisdom is the discovery that the taxpayer has more than one pocket.
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On one issue, at least, men and women agree. They both distrust women.
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A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he is married.
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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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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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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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The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.
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It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office.
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Change is not progress.
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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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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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It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man.
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When somebody says it’s not about the money, it’s about the money.
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The final test of truth is ridicule. Very few dogmas have ever faced it and survived.
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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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