The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.
H. L. MENCKENAll government, in its essence, is a conspiracy against the superior man: its one permanent object is to oppress him and cripple him.
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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.
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No professional politician is ever actually in favor of public economy. It is his implacable enemy, and he knows it. All professional politicians are dedicated wholeheartedly to waste and corruption. They are the enemies of every decent man.
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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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The only good bureaucrat is one with a pistol at his head. Put it in his hand and it’s good-bye to the Bill of Rights.
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A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers.
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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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Imagine the Creator as a low comedian, and at once the world becomes explicable.
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Free speech is too dangerous to a democracy to be permitted.
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A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
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For every problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong.
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The best teacher is not the one who knows most but the one who is most capable of reducing knowledge to that simple compound of the obvious and wonderful.
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Change is not progress.
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Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.
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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 doesn’t take a majority to make a rebellion; it takes only a few determined leaders and a sound cause.
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