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"Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good." -
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Top 5 quotes from Henry Mencken
"The essence of a self-reliant and autonomous culture is an unshakeable egoism."
"Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution?"
"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard."
"All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I myself deny it."
"A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin."
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"Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good."
"He therefore is the truest friend to the liberty of this country who tries most to promote its virtue, and who, so far as his power and influence extend, will not suffer a man to be chosen into any office of power and trust who is not a wise and virtuous man."
"The people who cast the votes don’t decide an election, the people who count the votes do."
"A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election."
"Vote early and vote often."
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