"All government is, in its essence, organized..." - Quote by H L Mencken
All government is, in its essence, organized exploitation, and in virtually all of its existing forms it is the implacable enemy of every industrious and well-disposed man.
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“The reason that democracies always defeat dictatorships is because they're open to debate. We should never allow Washington to say, 'Shut up, get in line and wave the flag.'”
“Solvency is maintained by means of a national debt, on the principle, "If you will not lend me the money, how can I pay you?"”
“Above all, our freedom endures because of the men and women in uniform who defend it.”
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“The commerce between India and Africa will be of ideas and services, not of the manufactured goods against raw materials after the fashion of the Western exploiters.”
“If we must grind up human flesh and bones in the industrial machine that we call modern America, then, before God, I assert that those who consume the coal and you and I who benefit from that service, because we live in comfort, we owe protection to those men first and we owe security for their families if they die.”
“The cottage industry of India had to perish in order that Lancashire might flourish.”