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Hobgoblins, most of them imaginary.

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary.

H.L. Mencken

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The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.

The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.

H. L. Mencken

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The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy

Puritanism. The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy. H. L. Mencken

Posted in: Happiness Filed under: H. L. Mencken

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