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Evangelical Christianity, as everyone knows, is founded upon hate, as the Christianity of Christ was founded upon love.

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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
Free speech is too dangerous to a democracy to be permitted.
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Danger Democracy Freedom Scare
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
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
A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers.
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Funny Justice Law Student
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
There are two impossibilities in life: “just one drink” and “an honest politician.”
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Honesty Impossible Life Politics
Change is not progress.
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Change Difference One Liner Progress
The chief difference between free capitalism and State socialism seems to be this: that under the former a man pursues his own advantage openly, frankly and honestly, whereas under the latter he does so hypocritically and under false pretenses.
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Differences Freedom Honesty Hypocrisy Men Pursue
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
If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner.
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Food Politics Promise
Puritanism. The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.
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Fear God Happiness
Journalism is to politician as dog is to lamp-post.
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Career Dog Journalism Politics
A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
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Death Flower Funny Humor
Misogynist: A man who hates women as much as women hate one another.
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Feminism Hate Man Women

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