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Equality before the law is probably forever unattainable. It is a noble ideal, but it can never be realized, for what men value in this world is not rights but privileges.

H. L. Mencken

The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.
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Argument Crime Funny Humor Kind Poor
If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner.
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Food Politics Promise
After all is said and done, a hell lot of a lot more is said than done.
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Action Hell 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
The best teacher is not the one who knows most but the one who is most capable of reducing knowledge to that simple compound of the obvious and wonderful.
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Education Knowledge Simplicity Teaching Wonderful
The ideal way to get rid of any infectious disease would be to shoot instantly every person who comes down with it.
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Death Freedom Ideal Kill Sick
Most people want security in this world, not liberty.
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Deep Freedom Liberty People Security
Socialist: A man suffering from an overwhelming conviction to believe what is not true.
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Believe Men Suffering True
The final test of truth is ridicule. Very few dogmas have ever faced it and survived.
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Face Survive Truth
Imagine the Creator as a low comedian, and at once the world becomes explicable.
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Democracy Freedom Imagination World
Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods.
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Election Liberty Material Politics
There are two kinds of Europeans: The smart ones, and those who stayed behind.
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Difference Kind Smart Stay
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.
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Democracy Deserve Freedom People Theory
Journalism is to politician as dog is to lamp-post.
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Career Dog Journalism Politics
When somebody says it’s not about the money, it’s about the money.
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Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
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Equality before the law is probably forever unattainable. It is a noble ideal, but it can never be realized, for what men value in this world is not rights but privileges.

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Equality before the law is probably forever unattainable. It is a noble ideal, but it can never be realized, for what men value in this world is not rights but privileges.

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