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Quote by H.L. Mencken
It is impossible to imagine the universe run by a wise, just and o

It is impossible to imagine the universe run by a wise, just and omnipotent God, but it is quite easy to imagine it run by a board of gods. – H.L. Mencken

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The only liberty an inferior man really cherishes is the liberty to quit work, stretch out in the sun, and scratch himself. – H.L. Mencken

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Labor Day
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Taxation, for example, is eternally lively; it concerns nine-tenths of us more directly than either smallpox or golf, and has just as much drama in it; moreover, it has been mellowed and made gay by as many gaudy, preposterous theories. – H.L. Mencken

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There is no monument dedicated to the memory of a committee. – Lester J. Pourciau

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Football is a mistake. It combines two of the worst things about American life. It is violence punctuated by committee meetings. – George Will

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A committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours. – Milton Berle

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Could Hamlet have been written by a committee, or the Mona Lisa painted by a club?… Creative ideas do not spring from groups. They spring from individuals. The divine spark leaps from the finger of God to the finger of Adam. – Alfred Whitney Griswold

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