Demand Quote by H. L. Mencken

The kind of man who wants government to adopt and enforce his ideas is always the kind of man whose ideas are idiotic.

— Anonymous

Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man.

— Bertrand Russell

A man must be excessively stupid, as well as uncharitable, who believes that there is no virtue but on his own side, and that…

— Joseph Addison

The worst kind of idiot is the one who doesn't think they're an idiot.

— Jeff Garlin

An idiot is a person who lives in a very tiny place called: Idiocity. You can tolerate his idiocy for so long until you…

— London Mond

A man who doesn't detest a bad government is a fool. And if there were such a thing as a good government on earth,…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

The man who will follow precedent, but never create one, is merely an obvious example of the routineer. You find him desperately numerous in…

— Walter Lippmann

Idiot - A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and controlling. The Idiot's activity…

— Ambrose Bierce

Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man, and our politicians…

— Bertrand Russell

“Periclean Greeks employed the term idiotis , without any connotation of stupidity or subnormality, to mean simply 'a person indifferent to public affairs.' Obviously,…

— Christopher Hitchens

One should guard against believing the great masses to be more stupid than they actually are.

— Adolf Hitler

The truth is that the general genius of a government is all that can be substantially relied upon for permanent effects. Particular provisions, though…

— Alexander Hamilton