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" Most people want security in this world, not liberty. "
H. L. Mencken
Want
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" Immorality: the morality of those who are having a better time. "
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" Before a man speaks it is always safe to assume that he is a fool. After he speaks, it is seldom necessary to assume it. "
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" Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it. "
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" Strike an average between what a woman thinks of her husband a month before she marries him and what she thinks of him a year afterward, and you will have the truth about him. "
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