The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.
H. L. Mencken (1880-1956) American writer and journalist [Henry Lewis Mencken]
“The Disease of Democracy,” Notes on Democracy (1926)
Full text.
The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.
H. L. Mencken (1880-1956) American writer and journalist [Henry Lewis Mencken]
“The Disease of Democracy,” Notes on Democracy (1926)
Full text.