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"Say what you will about the ten commandments, you must always come back to the pleasant fact that there are only ten of them."

Religion, Fact, Will

"To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true!"

Truth, Men, Idea, Ideas

"The only cure for contempt is counter-contempt."

Reflection, Contempt, Cure

"Poetry has done enough when it charms, but prose must also convince."

Literature, Poetry, Prose

"Democracy is only a dream: it should be put in the same category as Arcadia, Santa Claus, and Heaven."

Democracy, Heaven, Santaclaus

"As the arteries grow hard, the heart grows soft."

Moderation, Heart

"No married man is genuinely happy if he has to drink worse whisky than he used to drink when he was single."

Marriage, Man

"In war the heroes always outnumber the soldiers ten to one."

War, Heroes, Soldiers

"Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good."

Government, Men, Christianity, Giving, Man

"Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn't they'd be married too."

Love, Women, Bachelors

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"Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good."

H. L. Mencken, American Writer

Government, Men, Christianity, Giving, Man

"Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under."

H. L. Mencken, American Writer

Government, Man

"I can make a firm pledge, under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes."

Barack Obama, American President

Government, Family, Tax, Income, Taxes

"What Washington needs is adult supervision."

Barack Obama, American President

Government, Needs, Washington

"It's time to fundamentally change the way that we do business in Washington. To help build a new foundation for the 21st century, we need to reform our government so that it is more efficient, more transparent, and more creative. That will demand new thinking and a new sense of responsibility for every dollar that is spent."

Barack Obama, American President

Government, Business, Change, Time

"'Tis education forms the common mind; just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined."

Alexander Pope, English Poet

Government, Education, Mind

"I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time."

H. L. Mencken, American Writer

Government, Time, Evil, Trying

"I found this national debt, doubled, wrapped in a big bow waiting for me as I stepped into the Oval Office."

Barack Obama, American President

Government, Debt, Office, Waiting

"We need earmark reform, and when I'm President, I will go line by line to make sure that we are not spending money unwisely."

Barack Obama, American President

Government, Money, Reform, Will

"The worst government is often the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression."

H. L. Mencken, American Writer

Government, Fanatics, Oppression