Liberalism itself has failed, and for a pretty good reason. It has been too often compromised by the people who represented it.
HUNTER S. THOMPSONIn a closed society where everybody’s guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.
More Hunter S. Thompson Quotes
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Not a wasted word. This has been a main point to my literary thinking all my life.
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God’s mercy on you degenerate swine.
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I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours.
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You won’t find reasonable men on the tops of tall mountains.
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I never knew where I was going, but I ripped the tits off of everything that got in my way. By the time they figured me out, it was too late.
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I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they’ve always worked for me.
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There’s a terrible danger in voting for the lesser of two evils because the parties can set it up that way.
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I knew a Buddhist once, and I’ve hated myself ever since.
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It was one of those fine little love stories that can make you smile in your sleep at night.
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I am surprised and embarrassed to be a part of the first American generation to leave the country in far worse shape than it was when we first came into it.
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Human beings are the only creatures on earth that claim a God and the only thing that behaves like it hasn’t got one.
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There are always risks in challenging excessive police power, but the risks of not challenging it are more dangerous, even fatal.
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On some days you get what you want, and on others, you get what you need.
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I have no taste for either poverty or honest labor, so writing is the only recourse left for me.
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Buy the ticket, take the ride.
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