Browsing the archives for the H. L. Mencken tag

Mental slavery?, Part 1

compiled & edited by Daniel Hagadorn “But the whole thing, after all, may be put very simply. I believe that it is better to tell the truth than to lie. I believe that it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe that it is better to know than to [...]

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Death and taxes?

compiled & edited by Daniel Hagadorn Most law-abiding citizens acknowledge the unfortunate necessity of paying taxes, but since the Civil War era, our government has advanced decidedly unconstitutional policies that would appall the Framers, who never envisioned a tax system like the one we presently “enjoy.” “To preserve [the] independence [of the people,] we must [...]

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H. L. Mencken (1880 – 1956)

compiled & edited by Daniel Hagadorn …THE U.S. GOVERNMENT WILL TELL YOU WHAT YOU THINK? “All government, in its essence, is a conspiracy against the superior man: its one permanent object is to oppress him and cripple him. If it be aristocratic in organization, then it seeks to protect the man who is superior only [...]

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