Belatucadrus Posted October 4, 2018 Report Share Posted October 4, 2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalph Posted October 4, 2018 Report Share Posted October 4, 2018 Looks like H.L. Mencken could have been correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted October 4, 2018 Report Share Posted October 4, 2018 His full statement, as confirmed by Snopes, was as follows :- 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. Frightfully prophetic innit.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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. Frightfully prophetic innit....
andsome Posted October 4, 2018 Report Share Posted October 4, 2018 Some prophases do come true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalph Posted October 4, 2018 Report Share Posted October 4, 2018 That one certainly did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted October 4, 2018 Report Share Posted October 4, 2018 7 hours ago, andsome said: Some prophases do come true. Ger a betta spell chequer. Your'n is rubbish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted October 4, 2018 Report Share Posted October 4, 2018 Testing again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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