April 29th, 2013 at 3:06PM
A judge is a law student who grades his own papers. —

H.L. Mencken  (via eltigrechico)

Accurate. 

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January 10th, 2013 at 12:18PM
Government is a broker in pillage, and every election is a sort of advanced auction on stolen goods. —  H.L. Mencken
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January 10th, 2013 at 12:17PM
The state — or, to make matters more concrete, the government — consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They have, taking one with another, no special talent for the business of government; they have only a talent for getting and holding office. Their principal device to that end is to search out groups who pant and pine for something they can’t get, and to promise to give it to them. Nine times out of ten that promise is worth nothing. The tenth time it is made good by looting ‘A’ to satisfy ‘B’. In other words, government is a broker in pillage, and every election is a sort of advanced auction on stolen goods. — ― H.L. Mencken
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November 6th, 2012 at 8:31PM
People deserve the government they get, and they deserve to get it good and hard. — HL Mencken (via vincenzof)

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November 6th, 2012 at 4:17PM
‎Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people. —

- H.L. Mencken

And I leave work today with this quote. I really believe that people are (or can be) brilliant. We just don’t do anything to help them polish that noggin and let it shine. 
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