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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.

H. L. Mencken

The kind of man who demands that government enforce his ideas is always the kind whose ideas are idiotic.
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Freedom Government Ideas Kind Men
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
The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth.
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Daring Lying Man People Success Truth Violence
The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.
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Freedom Humanity Peace Rule Save War
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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Government Himself Men Oppression
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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Desire Funny Glory Greatness Heart
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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Anger Black Funny Hands Time
It is the classic fallacy of our time that a moron run through a university and decorated with a Ph.D. will thereby cease to be a moron.
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Education Ourselves Run Time
A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers.
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Funny Justice Law Student
Always remember this: If you don’t attend the funerals of your friends, they will certainly not attend yours.
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Age Friendship Remember Yourself
A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
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Death Flower Funny Humor
For every problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong.
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Choice Moral Philosophy Problem Simplicity Wrong
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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Courage Emotion Fear Himself Men Safety
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
The only thing wrong with Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address was that it was the South, not the North, that was fighting for a government of the people, by the people and for the people.
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Fight Government People Wrong
Freedom of press is limited to those who own one.
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Freedom Funny Limitation Oneself Politics

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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