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Saturday, January 29, 2011

H. L. Mencken



The typical lawmaker of today is a man wholly devoid of principle . . . .  If the right pressure could be applied to him, he would be cheerfully in favor of polygamy, astrology or cannibalism.

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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.
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A man may be a fool and not know it — but not if he is married.

(H. L. Mencken died on this date in 1956.)