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Morality is doing what is right, no matter what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told, no matter what is right.

H. L. Mencken

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
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
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
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
What men value in this world is not rights but privileges.
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Leadership Men Priviledge Right Value
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
Misogynist: A man who hates women as much as women hate one another.
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Feminism Hate Man Women
There is no idea so stupid that you can’t find a professor who will believe it.
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Believe Ideas Stupidity Teaching Yourself
Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
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Belief Freedom Ignorance Rule Wisdom
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
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
The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.
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Democracy End Freedom Government Imagination Policy Practice Safety
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
Once a woman passes a certain point in intelligence she finds it almost impossible to get a husband: she simply cannot go on listening without snickering.
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Heart Husband Intelligence Listening Men Simplicity Woman
There are two impossibilities in life: “just one drink” and “an honest politician.”
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Honesty Impossible Life Politics
When somebody says it’s not about the money, it’s about the money.
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Deep Money

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