Government today is growing too strong to be safe. There are no longer…

H. L. Mencken
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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 in and day out for their masters they are bound to die for their masters at call. Out of this working and dying they tend to get less and less. ✨ H.L. Mencken (2012). Mencken Chrestomathy, p.148, Vintage
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