- H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
H.L.Mencken was right
Wednesday, August 29, 2007, 02:56 PM [General]
A Glorious Day
"The larger the mob, the harder the
test. In small areas, before small electorates, a first-rate man
occasionally fights his way through, carrying even the mob with him by
force of his personality. But when the field is nationwide, and the
fight must be waged chiefly at second and third hand, and the force of
personality cannot so readily make itself felt, then all the odds are
on the man who is, intrinsically, the most devious and mediocre — the
man who can most easily adeptly disperse the notion that his mind is a
virtual vacuum.
The Presidency tends, year by year, to go to such men. As democracy is
perfected, the office represents, more and more closely, the inner soul
of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious
day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at
last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.
- H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
- H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
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