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Feminist literature1 quote
The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. — H.L. Mencken · 1918Political literature1 quote
The average man doesn't want to be free. He simply wants to be safe. — H.L. Mencken · 1926