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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Ron Paul is exactly correct. “The fact is that the average man’s love of liberty is nine-tenths imaginary, exactly like his love of sense, justice and truth. He is not actually happy when free; he is uncomfortable, a bit alarmed, and intolerably lonely. Liberty is not a thing for the great masses of men. It is the exclusive possession of a small and disreputable minority, like knowledge, courage and honor. It takes a special sort of man to understand and enjoy liberty — and he is usually an outlaw in democratic societies.” H.L.Mencken
Baltimore Evening Sun (12 February 1923)


31 posted on 08/28/2010 2:22:17 PM PDT by anchorclankor (From the main part of Missouri)
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To: anchorclankor

He is exactly like the left on foreign policy.


40 posted on 08/28/2010 2:33:00 PM PDT by Politics4US
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To: anchorclankor

Thanks.


51 posted on 08/28/2010 2:52:40 PM PDT by Misterioso (The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it. -- Ayn Rand)
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To: anchorclankor
Ron Paul is exactly correct. “The fact is that the average man’s love of liberty is nine-tenths imaginary, exactly like his love of sense, justice and truth. He is not actually happy when free; he is uncomfortable, a bit alarmed, and intolerably lonely. Liberty is not a thing for the great masses of men. It is the exclusive possession of a small and disreputable minority, like knowledge, courage and honor. It takes a special sort of man to understand and enjoy liberty — and he is usually an outlaw in democratic societies.” H.L.Mencken
Baltimore Evening Sun (12 February 1923)

This from the man who called Biblical Fundamentalists "gaping primates" who believe "degraded nonsense."

Mencken is a hero to "palaeos" because his magazine became anti-Semitic (under Maguire) and eventually national socialist (under Carto). "Mencken" is a code word just like "international bankers."

132 posted on 08/30/2010 1:42:15 PM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (Hanistarot LaShem 'Eloqeynu; vehaniglot lanu ulevaneynu `ad-`olam la`asot 'et-kol-divrey HaTorah!)
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