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H. L. Mencken Quotes: In the long run all battles are lost, and so are all wars.
         

In the long run all battles are lost, and so are all wars.


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The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.



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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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Morality is doing what is right, no matter what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told, no matter what is right.



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Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.




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The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.



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It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office.



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Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.





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