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Quote from H. L. Mencken,

It is the fundamental theory of all the more recent American law...that the average citizen is half -- witted, and hence not to be trusted
to either his own devices or his own thoughts.



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H. L. Mencken (more quotes by H. L. Mencken or books by/about H. L. Mencken)


(1880-1956) American Journalist, Editor, Essayist, Linguist, Lexicographer, and Critic

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America, Self-Determination, Statism

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