The Quote Thread (reborn)

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Re: The Quote Thread (reborn)

Postby Elihu » Tue Jul 16, 2024 10:58 am

“The average man’s love of liberty is nine-tenths imaginary. It takes a special sort of man to understand and enjoy liberty and he is usually an outlaw in democratic societies.”

— H. L. Mencken
But take heart, because I have overcome the world.” John 16:33
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Re: The Quote Thread (reborn)

Postby Elihu » Thu Jul 18, 2024 1:31 pm

“Our whole practical government is grounded in mob psychology and the Boobus Americanus will follow any command that promises to make him safer.”
But take heart, because I have overcome the world.” John 16:33
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Re: The Quote Thread (reborn)

Postby Elihu » Sat Oct 12, 2024 1:51 pm

1every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods." ~ H. L. Mencken

2Morality is doing what is right, no matter what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told, no matter what is right.”

3For the habitual truth-teller and truth-seeker, indeed, the whole world has very little liking. He is always unpopular.”

3 “There is always an easy solution to every problem – neat, plausible, and wrong.”

1“The best client is a scared millionaire.”

3 “Honor is simply the morality of superior men.”

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

1 “Adultery is the application of democracy to love.”

1“The State doesn’t just want you to obey, it wants to make you WANT to obey.”

3 “You come into the world with nothing, and the purpose of your life is to make something out of nothing.”

3“Moral certainty is always a sign of cultural inferiority. The more uncivilized the man, the surer he is that he knows precisely what is right and what is wrong.”

3 “The longest sentence you can form with two words is: I do.”
But take heart, because I have overcome the world.” John 16:33
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Re: The Quote Thread (reborn)

Postby Elihu » Fri Feb 21, 2025 9:23 pm

, but when I see an actual flesh-and-blood worker in conflict with his natural enemy, the policeman, I do not have to ask myself which side I am on.” george orwell homage
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