H. L. Mencken quote: The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. Power is what ...

The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. Power is what all messiahs really seek: not the chance to serve. This is true even of the pious brethren who carry the gospel to ...

~ H. L. Mencken ~

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