The majority is never right. Never, I tell you! That's one of these lies in society that no free and intelligent man can help rebelling against. Who are the people that make up the biggest proportion of the population -- the intelligent ones or the fools? I think we can agree it's the fools, no matter where you go in this world, it's the fools that form the overwhelming majority.
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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. They may have some better man working for them, but they themselves are seldom worthy of any respect.
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The US has a vital interest in that area of the country [Latin America].
The US has a vital interest in that area of the country [Latin America].
I hereby resign this office of president of the United States.
I hereby resign this office of president of the United States.
I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.
I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.
Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it.
Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it.
