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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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Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.
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Easy Hard Love Relationship Stop War
Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
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Belief Freedom Ignorance Rule Wisdom
A sense of humor always withers in the presence of the messianic delusion, like justice and the truth in front of patriotic passion.
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Humor Justice Passion Patriot Presence
There are two impossibilities in life: “just one drink” and “an honest politician.”
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Honesty Impossible Life Politics
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
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
What men value in this world is not rights but privileges.
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Leadership Men Priviledge Right Value
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
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
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
A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers.
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Funny Justice Law Student
For every problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong.
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Choice Moral Philosophy Problem Simplicity Wrong
The average man does not get pleasure out of an idea because he thinks it is true; he thinks it is true because he gets pleasure out of it.
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Himself Ideas Man Thinking True
Socialist: A man suffering from an overwhelming conviction to believe what is not true.
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Believe Men Suffering True
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
The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.
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Himself Men Oneself

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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