The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to thi…

H. L. Mencken
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The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable. ✨ H.L. Mencken (2012). Mencken Chrestomathy, p.145, Vintage
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