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H.L. Mencken’s Musings on Democracy

  • Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
  • Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.
  • Democracy is only a dream: it should be put in the same category as Arcadia, Santa Claus, and Heaven.
  • Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.
  • I confess I enjoy democracy immensely. It is incomparably idiotic, and hence incomparably amusing.

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