Misattributed-p-t-barnham Quote by H.L. Mencken

“one in this world, so far as I know, has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain…

— Anonymous

No one in this world has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone…

— H L Mencken

“No one in this world, so far as I know—and I have searched the record for years, and employed agents to help me—has ever…

— H. L. Mencken

“no one ever lost money investing in the insecurity of the American man.”

— Adam Mitzner

“Never underestimate the power of human stupidity, especially when it comes to bureaucrats in a government who has no clueabout money matters”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

“Humans are in danger of losing their economic value because intelligence is decoupling from consciousness.”

— Yuval Noah Harari

“Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. No one in this world, so far as I know—and I have…

— H.L. Mencken

“Here's the bottom line: The secret world of intelligence--at least in the United States of America--represents everything wrong with the government, the industrial era,…

— Robert David Steele

“Never underestimate the stupidity of people.”

— wildbow

“Never underestimate the collective stupidity of the masses.”

— Linda O'Connor

“Never underestimate a smart person.”

— Steven Magee

Americans have witnessed the costs of allowing politics to pervade intelligence.

— Alejandro Mayorkas