Sunday, May 07, 2006

The Prophet

...and I don't mean Kahlil Gibran.

In 1920 H.L. Mencken wrote, "As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. 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."

(From "Bayard vs. Lionheart" in the Baltimore Sun, July 26, '20)

And thanks to Morris Berman for running this quote in his "Dark Ages America: The Final Phase of Empire" (p. 281).

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