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Safe Quotes by H. L. Mencken
- [The] erroneous assumption is to the effect that the aim of public education is to fill the young of the species with knowledge and awaken…
- The aim of public education is not to spread enlightenment at all; it is simply to reduce as many individuals as possible to the same…
- The fact is that liberty, in any true sense, is a concept that lies quite beyond the reach of the inferior man's mind. And no…
- The liberation of the human mind has never been furthered by dunderheads; it has been furthered by gay fellows who heaved dead cats into sanctuaries…
- 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.
- For it is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together. Our friends seldom profit us but they make us feel…
- Government today is growing too strong to be safe. There are no longer any citizens in the world there are only subjects. They work day…
- the average man does not want to be free. he simply wants to be safe.
- The aim of public education is not to spread enlightenment at all; it is simply to reduce as many individuals as possible to the same…
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- Before the Civil War, Canada was at the top of the underground railroad. If you made it into Canada, you were safe… — Margaret Atwood
- An engaged woman is always more agreeable than a disengaged. She is satisfied with herself. Her cares are over, and she feels… — Jane Austen
- We aren't using Guantanamo Bay anymore to take additional terrorists. That was the perfect facility to be able to use to extract… — Michele Bachmann
- Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and… — Lord Acton
- When I get onstage in a play, I feel very safe, very protected, very fulfilled. — Alec Baldwin
- I never want to feel that I'm playing it safe. — Christian Bale
- U.S. agricultural products, including safe, high-quality Montana beef, face unscientific trade restrictions in many important markets. — Max Baucus
- A safe but sometimes chilly way of recalling the past is to force open a crammed drawer. If you are searching for… — James M. Barrie
- I hesitate to deposit money in a bank. I am afraid I shall never dare to take it out again. When you… — Jean Baudrillard
- I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth - and truth rewarded me. — Simone de Beauvoir
- The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences. — Ruth Benedict