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Journalism is to politician as dog is to lamp-post.

H. L. Mencken

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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Corruption Dedication Enemy Himself Man Politics Professional Waste
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
Sometimes the idiots outvote the sensible people.
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Democracy People Vote
Morality is doing what is right, no matter what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told, no matter what is right.
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Atheist Moral Motivational Religion Right
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
A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he is married.
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Fools Funny Himself Man Marriage
The central belief of every moron is that he is the victim of a mysterious conspiracy against his common rights and true deserts.
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Belief Himself Mystery Right True Victim
Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
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Belief Freedom Ignorance Rule Wisdom
When fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression.
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Limitation Oppression Power War
Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.
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Animal Art Democracy Science
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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Beginning Fight Freedom Human Law Oppression Stop Time
A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers.
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Funny Justice Law Student
A professional politician is a professionally dishonorable man. In order to get anywhere near high office he has to make so many compromises and submit to so many humiliations that he becomes indistinguishable from a streetwalker.
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Freedom Honor Men Order Politics
Free speech is too dangerous to a democracy to be permitted.
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Danger Democracy Freedom Scare
Evangelical Christianity, as everyone knows, is founded upon hate, as the Christianity of Christ was founded upon love.
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Build Hate Love Religion
There’s really no point to voting. If it made any difference, it would probably be illegal.
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Democracy Difference Vote

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