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A sense of humor always withers in the presence of the messianic delusion, like justice and the truth in front of patriotic passion.

H. L. Mencken

Don’t overestimate the decency of the human race.
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Dignity Human Race
Journalism is to politician as dog is to lamp-post.
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Career Dog Journalism Politics
What men value in this world is not rights but privileges.
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Leadership Men Priviledge Right Value
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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Democracy Goodness Hands Right
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
Sometimes the idiots outvote the sensible people.
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Democracy People Vote
A church is a place in which gentlemen who have never been to Heaven brag about it to persons who will never get there.
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Funny Heaven Humor Person Place
The State doesn’t just want you to obey, it wants to make you WANT to obey.
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Government Politics Yourself
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
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
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
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
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
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
Government’s great contribution to human wisdom is the discovery that the taxpayer has more than one pocket.
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Discovery Government Human Liberty Wisdom
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

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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