H. L. Mencken Quotes About Libertarianism
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The American people, North and South, went into the [Civil] war as citizens of their respective states, they came out as subjects ... what they thus lost they have never got back.
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I believe in only one thing: liberty; but I do not believe in liberty enough to want to force it upon anyone.
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What men value in this world is not rights but privileges.
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It is the fundamental theory of all the more recent American law...that the average citizen is half-witted, and hence not to be trusted to either his own devices or his own thoughts.
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The ideal Government of all reflective men, from Aristotle onward, is one which lets the individual alone - one which barely escapes being no government at all.
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We suffer most when the White House busts with ideas.
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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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The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.
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Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
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The New Deal began, like the Salvation Army, by promising to save humanity. It ended, again like the Salvation Army, by running flop-houses and disturbing the peace.
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Most people want security in this world, not liberty.
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