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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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Why assume so glibly that the God who presumably created the universe is still running it? It is certainly conceivable that He may have finished it and then turned it over to lesser gods to operate. – H.L. Mencken

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Perspective
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Say what you will about the Ten Commandments, you must always come back to the pleasant fact that there are only ten of them. – H.L. Mencken

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The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than that of any other animal. – H.L. Mencken

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Our age will be known as the age of committees. – Ernest Benn

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If you live in a country run by committee, be on the committee. – Author Unknown

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

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A camel looks like a horse that was planned by a committee. – Author Unknown

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