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Quote by H.L. Mencken
Injustice is relatively easy to bear; it is justice that hurts. -

Injustice is relatively easy to bear; it is justice that hurts. – H.L. Mencken

Other quotes by H.L. Mencken

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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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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The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom. – H.L. Mencken

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Capital punishment turns the state into a murderer. But imprisonment turns the state into a gay dungeon-master. – Jesse Jackson

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The United States is the greatest law factory the world has ever known. – Charles Evans Hughes

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The state calls its own violence law, but that of the individual crime. – Max Stirner, The Ego and His Own

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The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread. – Anatole France, The Red Lily, 1894

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