"A liberal is a power worshipper without the power."

Orwell, George on liberals
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"Whenever a doctor cannot do good, he must be kept from doing harm."

Hippocrates on doctors
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"Getting talked about is one of the penalties for being pretty, while being above suspicion is about the only compensation for being homely."

Hubbard, Kin on appearance
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"When ever the speech is corrupted so is the mind."

Seneca on speakers and speaking
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"The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms. Armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes."

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius on taxes and taxation   

"To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are."

Hoffer, Eric on change
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"All wrong doing is done in the sincere belief that it is the best thing to do."

Bennett, Arnold on mistakes
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"It is a good idea to obey all the rules when you're young just so you'll have the strength to break them when you're old."

Twain, Mark on rules
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"Fascism was a counter-revolution against a revolution that never took place."

Silone, Ignazio on fascism
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"Clever people are always the best conversations lexicon."

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von on intelligence and intellectuals   

"If a better system is thine, impart it; if not, make use of mine."

Horace on systems
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"One must really have suffered oneself to help others."

Mother Teresa on suffering
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"Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones."

Seneca on pleasure   

"The greatest potential for control tends to exist at the point where action takes place."

Allen, Loius A. on action
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"If liberty has any meaning it means freedom to improve."

Wylie, Philip on liberty   

"The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom."

Mencken, H. L. on age and aging   

"There are two kinds of books. Those that no one reads and those that no one ought to read."

Mencken, H. L. on books - reading
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"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what They want, and deserve to get it good and hard."

Mencken, H. L. on democracy   

"I confess I enjoy democracy immensely. It is incomparably idiotic, and hence incomparably amusing."

Mencken, H. L. on democracy   

"The lunatic fringe wags the underdog."

Mencken, H. L. on eccentricity
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"We must be willing to pay a price for freedom."

Mencken, H. L. on freedom   

"A gentlemen is one who never strikes a woman without provocation."

Mencken, H. L. on gentlemen
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"On one issue at least, men and women agree; they both distrust women."

Mencken, H. L. on agreement
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"God is the immemorial refuge of the incompetent, the helpless, the miserable. They find not only sanctuary in His arms, but also a kind of superiority, soothing to their macerated egos: He will set them above their betters."

Mencken, H. L. on god   

"The objection of the scandalmonger is not that she tells of racy doings, but that she pretends to be indignant about them."

Mencken, H. L. on gossip   

"Honor is simply the morality of superior men."

Mencken, H. L. on honor
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"An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it is also more nourishing."

Mencken, H. L. on ideals and idealism   

"The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence."

Mencken, H. L. on juries   

"Legend : a lie that has attained the dignity of age."

Mencken, H. L. on legend   

"It's the constant and determined effort that breaks down all resistance, sweeps away all obstacles."

Bristol, Claude M. on obstacles
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"I am a great friend to public amusements, for they keep the people from vice."

Johnson, Samuel on humor   

"A liberal is a man who is willing to spend somebody else's money."

Glass, Carter on liberals
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"We are a puny and fickle folk. Avarice, hesitation, and following are our diseases."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on america
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"It almost seems that nobody can hate America as much as native Americans. America needs new immigrants to love and cherish it."

Hoffer, Eric on immigration
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"History is a race between education and catastrophe."

Wells, H.G. on history and historians
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"The way to wealth depends on just two words, industry and frugality."

Franklin, Benjamin on wealth
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"Life is a wilderness of twists and turns, where faith is your only compass."

Santaguida, Paul on life
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"Would you persuade, speak of interest, not of reason."

Franklin, Benjamin on persuasion   

"The weakest spot in any person is where they think themselves to be the wisest."

Emmons, G. on weakness
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"Friendship is genuine when two friends can enjoy each others company without speaking a word to one another."

Ebers, George on friends and friendship
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