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H.L. Mencken Quotes: The trouble with Communism is the Communists, just as the trouble with Christianity is the Christians.
         

The trouble with Communism is the Communists, just as the trouble with Christianity is the Christians.


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The trouble with Communism is the Communists, just as the trouble with Christianity is the Christians.
         



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