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More from H. L. Mencken

  1. Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.

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  2. When the government is robbed, the worst that happens is that certain rogues and loafers have less money to play with than they had before.

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  3. Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule - and both commonly succeed, and are right…

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