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Quote from H. L. Mencken,


"People constantly speak of 'the government' doing this or that, as they might speak of God doing it.
But the government is really nothing but a group of men, and usually they are very inferior men."


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H. L. Mencken (more quotes by H. L. Mencken or books by/about H. L. Mencken)


(1880-1956) American Journalist, Editor, Essayist, Linguist, Lexicographer, and Critic

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Altruist, God, Government, Politics, Power, Representation

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