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The central belief of every moron is that he is the victim of a mysterious conspiracy against his common rights and true deserts.

H. L. Mencken

It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man.
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Believe Funny Hard Man Transformation
Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.
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Animal Art Democracy Science
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
After all is said and done, a hell lot of a lot more is said than done.
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Action Hell Talk
It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office.
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Forever Freedom Hate Honesty Myself Strong
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 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
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
All government, in its essence, is a conspiracy against the superior man: its one permanent object is to oppress him and cripple him.
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Government Himself Men Oppression
Socialist: A man suffering from an overwhelming conviction to believe what is not true.
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Believe Men Suffering True
If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner.
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Food Politics Promise
Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
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Belief Freedom Ignorance Rule Wisdom
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
Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.
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Easy Hard Love Relationship Stop War
Morality is doing what is right, no matter what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told, no matter what is right.
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Atheist Moral Motivational Religion Right
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

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