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All government, in its essence, is a conspiracy against the superior man: its one permanent object is to oppress him and cripple him.

H. L. Mencken

You can’t do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth.
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Deep Inspirational Life Philosophy Worth Yourself
For every problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong.
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Choice Moral Philosophy Problem Simplicity Wrong
The aim of public education is not to spread enlightenment at all; it is simply to reduce as many individuals as possible to the same safe level, to breed a standard citizenry, to put down dissent and originality.
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Citizenship Education Learning Liberty Possible Reality Simplicity
There are two kinds of Europeans: The smart ones, and those who stayed behind.
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Difference Kind Smart Stay
Laws are no longer made by a rational process of public discussion; they are made by a process of blackmail and intimidation, and they are executed in the same manner
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Death Fear Law Process Talk
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
Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.
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Freedom Government Integrity Live Men Shame
The final test of truth is ridicule. Very few dogmas have ever faced it and survived.
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Face Survive Truth
What men value in this world is not rights but privileges.
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Leadership Men Priviledge Right Value
Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.
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Animal Art Democracy Science
Misogynist: A man who hates women as much as women hate one another.
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Feminism Hate Man Women
There are two impossibilities in life: “just one drink” and “an honest politician.”
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Honesty Impossible Life Politics
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
Change is not progress.
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Change Difference One Liner Progress
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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Differences Freedom Honesty Hypocrisy Men Pursue
Journalism is to politician as dog is to lamp-post.
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Career Dog Journalism Politics

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