“A bad man is the sort who weeps every time he speaks of a good woman.”
Good“The worst government is often the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression.”
Government“A bad man is the sort who weeps every time he speaks of a good woman.”
Good“No one in this world has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone ever lost public office thereby.”
Great“Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.”
Art“Communism, like any other revealed religion, is largely made up of prophecies.”
Religion“Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good.”
Good“Immorality: the morality of those who are having a better time.”
Time“Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution?”
Funny“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.”
Good“Adultery is the application of democracy to love.”
Love“Love is the delusion that one woman differs from another.”
Love“Honor is simply the morality of superior men.”
Men“Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.”
Government“Strike an average between what a woman thinks of her husband a month before she marries him and what she thinks of him a year afterward, and you will have the truth about him.”
Anniversary“The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear - fear of the unknown, the complex, the inexplicable. What he wants above everything else is safety.”
Fear“Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a movable body.”
Work“A national political campaign is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a mass baptism and a couple of hangings thrown in.”
Best“Historian: an unsuccessful novelist.”
History“The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God's children, but that as soon as he succeeds he is taken over by the Devil.”
Failure“On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
Great“A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.”
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