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Politics : Libertarian Discussion Forum

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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (4113)9/12/2000 9:24:28 AM
From: dave rose  Read Replies (2) of 13062
 
I came across this quotation from H.L. Mencken and thought it was wonderful.

The problem is not the candidates but the system.

"The government consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They have, taking one with
another, no special talent for the business of government, they have only a talent for getting and
holding office. Their principal device to that end is to search out groups who pant and pine for
something they can't get and to promise to give it to them. Nine times out of ten that promise is
worth nothing. The tenth time it is made good by looting A to satisfy B. In other words government
is a broker in pillage and every election is sort of an advance sale of stolen goods."
daverose
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