The men the American public admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth
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You can’t say that civilization don’t advance, however, for in every war they kill you in a new way
Insanity in individuals is something rare – but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule
Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one
There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor of thinking