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"I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time." -
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Top 5 quotes from Henry Mencken
"The essence of a self-reliant and autonomous culture is an unshakeable egoism."
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"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard."
"All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I myself deny it."
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Top 5 quotes from Government
"When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right."
"The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry."
"Now more than ever before, the people are responsible for the character of their Congress. If that body be ignorant, reckless and corrupt, it is because the people tolerate ignorance, recklessness and corruption."
"The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government -- lest it come to dominate our lives and interests."
"There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters."
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