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Thought For the Day: The Whole Aim of Practical Politics Is To Keep the Populace In A Continual State of Alarm (and Hence Clamorous To Be Led To Safety)
“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace in a continual state of alarm (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing them with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.” – H. … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: Under Democracy One Party Always Devotes Its Chief Energies To Trying To Prove That the Other Party Is Unfit To Rule – And Other Commonly Succeed, and Are Right
“Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule — and both commonly succeed, and are right.” – H. L. Mencken (1880-1956)
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Thought For the Day: Whenever ‘A’ Attempts By Law To Impose His Moral Standards Upon ‘B’, ‘A’ Is Most Likely A Scoundrel
“Whenever ‘A’ attempts by law to impose his moral standards upon ‘B’, ‘A’ is most likely a scoundrel.” -H.L. Mencken, writer, editor, and critic (12 Sep 1880-1956)
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Thought For the Day: 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
“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.” – H. L. Mencken (1880-1956)
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Thought For the Day: 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
“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.” – H. L. Mencken (1880-1956)
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Thought For the Day: When Someone Says Its Not About the Money, It’s About the Money
“When somebody says it’s not about the money, it’s about the money.” – H.L. Mencken
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Thought For the Day: Government Is Really Nothing But A Group of Men and Usually They Are Very Inferior Men
“People constantly speak of ‘the government’ doing this or that, as they might speak of God doing it. But the government is really nothing but a group of men, and usually they are very inferior men.” – H.L. Mencken (1880-1956)
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Thought For the Day: I’ve Got A Right To Say and Believe Anything I Please, But, I Haven’t A Right To Press It On Anybody Else
“I believe there is a limit beyond which free speech cannot go, but it’s a limit that’s very seldom mentioned. It’s the point where free speech begins to collide with the right to privacy. I don’t think there are any … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Error Is Often Replaced By Another Error…
“The world always makes the assumption that the exposure of an error is identical with the discovery of truth — that the error and truth are simply opposite. They are nothing of the sort. What the world turns to, when … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: The Plain Fact Is That Education Is Itself A Form of Propaganda – A Deliberate Scheme To Outfit the Pupil…With A Simple Appetite For Gulping Ideas Ready-Made
“The plain fact is that education is itself a form of propaganda – a deliberate scheme to outfit the pupil, not with the capacity to weigh ideas, but with a simple appetite for gulping ideas ready-made. The aim is to … Continue reading →