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Course Quotes by H. L. Mencken
- Two simple principles lie at the bottom of the whole matter, and they may be precipitated into two rules. The first is that, when there…
- It is Hell, of course, that makes priests powerful, not Heaven, for after thousands of years of so-called civilization fear remains the one common denominator…
- In the United States...politics is purged of all menace, all sinister quality, all genuine significance, and stuffed with such gorgeous humors, such inordinate farce that…
- The course of the United States in World War II, I said, was dishonest, dishonorable, and ignominious, and the Sunpapers, by supporting Roosevelt's foreign policy,…
- All government, of course, is against liberty.
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- Of course, some would say if you have a performing inclination, then you should become a lawyer. That's a platform we use,… — Rowan Atkinson
- You have to steer a course between not appalling people, but at the same time not misleading them. — David Attenborough
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- Television of course actually started in Britain in 1936, and it was a monopoly, and there was only one broadcaster and it… — David Attenborough
- Reading and writing, like everything else, improve with practice. And, of course, if there are no young readers and writers, there will… — Margaret Atwood
- I don't think the relationship between novels and realities are one to one. Of course novels play different roles. It's essentially just… — Margaret Atwood
- The humanitarian would, of course, have us meddle in foreign affairs as part of his program of world service. — Irving Babbitt
- Pearl Harbor caused our Nation to wholeheartedly commit to winning World War II, changing the course of our Nation's history and the… — Joe Baca
- I'd love to be a pop idol. Of course, my groupies are now between 40 and 50. — Kevin Bacon