Quote of the Day

“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.”

- H.L. Mencken, On Politics: A Carnival of Buncombe

The book ‘On Politics’ is a collection of Menken’s Monday column in the Baltimore Evening Sun written in the 1920’s and 1930’s. Nearly 100 years ago.