H. L. Mencken Quotes About Limited Government
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The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.
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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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The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.
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The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.
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