"Capitalism under democracy has a further advantage:..." - Quote by H L Mencken
Capitalism under democracy has a further advantage: its enemies, even when it is attacked, are scattered and weak, and it is usually easily able to array one half of them against the other half, and thus dispose of both.
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“I know some who are constantly drunk on books as other men are drunk on whiskey.”
“No matter how long he lives, no man ever becomes as wise as the average woman of forty-eight.”
“I have long been convinced that the idea of liberty is abhorrent to most human beings. What they want is security, not freedom. Thus it seldom causes any public indignation when an enterprising tyrant claps down on one of his enemies. To most men it seems a natural proceeding.”
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“Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force. But even Capitalist cynicism will admit that however unconscionable we may be when our own interests are affected, we can be most indignantly virtuous at the expense of others.”
“Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed.”
“Thinking of getting into the leg-breaking business, so I can profitably sell crutches later.”
More on Democracy
“Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal.”
“I was elected because I believed in what we call "grassroots politics," politics from the bottom up, not the top down.”
“Eternal Vigilance is the price of democracy.”