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> [The ordinary American voter does not object to mediocrity. He likes his candidate to be sensible, vigorous, and, above all, what he calls 'magnetic,' and does not value, because he sees no need for, originality or profundity, a fine culture…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryce/the-ordinary-american-voter-does-not-object-to-mediocrity-he-likes/)

[James Bryce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryce/)

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## More by James Bryce

> [Perhaps the most typically American place in America.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryce/perhaps-the-most-typically-american-place-in-america/)

[James Bryce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryce/)

> [The national park is the best idea America ever had.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryce/the-national-park-is-the-best-idea-america-ever-had/)

[James Bryce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryce/)

> [Of all the differences between the Old World and the New, this is perhaps the most salient. Half the wars of Europe, half the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryce/of-all-the-differences-between-the-old-world-and-the-new-this-is/)

[James Bryce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryce/)

> [Medicine, the only profession that labors incessantly to destroy the reason for its own existence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryce/medicine-the-only-profession-that-labors-incessantly-to-destroy-the/)

[James Bryce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryce/)

> [No wonder that, when a political career is so precarious, men of worth and capacity hesitate to embrace it. They cannot afford to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryce/no-wonder-that-when-a-political-career-is-so-precarious-men-of-worth/)

[James Bryce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryce/)

> [In Europe we have cities wealthier and more populous than yours and we are not happy. You dream of your posterity; but your posterity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryce/in-europe-we-have-cities-wealthier-and-more-populous-than-yours-and/)

[James Bryce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryce/)

> [The ordinary American voter does not object to mediocrity. He likes his candidate to be sensible, vigorous, and, above all, what he calls 'magnetic,'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryce/the-ordinary-american-voter-does-not-object-to-mediocrity-he-likes/)

[James Bryce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryce/)

> [Life is too short to read inferior books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryce/life-is-too-short-to-read-inferior-books/)

[James Bryce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryce/)

> [There is a hearty Puritanism in the view of human nature which pervades the instrument of 1787. It is the work of men who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryce/there-is-a-hearty-puritanism-in-the-view-of-human-nature-which/)

[James Bryce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryce/)

> [The massacres are the result of a policy which, as far as can be ascertained, has been entertained for some considerable time by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryce/the-massacres-are-the-result-of-a-policy-which-as-far-as-can-be/)

[James Bryce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryce/)

> [To most people, nothing is more troublesome than the effort of thinking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryce/to-most-people-nothing-is-more-troublesome-than-the-effort-of-thinking/)

[James Bryce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryce/)

> [It is accepted as an axiom by all Americans that the civil power ought to be not only neutral and impartial as between different…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryce/it-is-accepted-as-an-axiom-by-all-americans-that-the-civil-power/)

[James Bryce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryce/)

> [Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryce/patriotism-consists-not-in-waving-the-flag-but-in-striving-that-our/)

[James Bryce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryce/)

> [When you find that a book is poor ... waste no more time upon it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryce/when-you-find-that-a-book-is-poor-waste-no-more-time-upon-it/)

[James Bryce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryce/)

> [If you have enough room for your books, you don't have enough books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryce/if-you-have-enough-room-for-your-books-you-don-t-have-enough-books/)

[James Bryce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryce/)

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