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Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.

H. L. Mencken

The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.
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Himself Men Oneself
For every problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong.
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Choice Moral Philosophy Problem Simplicity Wrong
On one issue, at least, men and women agree. They both distrust women.
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Funny Issues Man Trust Women
Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods.
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Election Liberty Material Politics
An idealist is one who, on noticing that roses smell better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup.
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Ideal Myself Rose
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
Misogynist: A man who hates women as much as women hate one another.
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Feminism Hate Man Women
After all is said and done, a hell lot of a lot more is said than done.
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Action Hell Talk
There are two impossibilities in life: “just one drink” and “an honest politician.”
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Honesty Impossible Life Politics
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
In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican.
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Freedom Gratitude Myself Thankful World
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
Don’t overestimate the decency of the human race.
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Dignity Human Race
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
Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.
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Easy Hard Love Relationship Stop War
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

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