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To: neverdem

“If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him” Voltaire


25 posted on 12/18/2010 7:20:57 PM PST by Delacon ("The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule." H. L. Mencken)
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To: Delacon
I like you tag line by Mencken. My favorite variation of it is by Heinlein:

"Political tags - such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth - are never basic criteria. The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire. The former are idealists acting from highest motives for the greatest good of the greatest number. The latter are surely curmudgeons, suspicious and lacking in altruism. But they make better neighbors than the other sort. "

27 posted on 12/18/2010 7:31:02 PM PST by Abin Sur
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