Awful Quote by Jane Jacobs

I think Americans are a lot smarter than many give them credit for.

— David Muir

Americans are not terribly intelligent people. They need to read important things several times.

— Ted Rall

It's not that politician's got smarter, just many more Americans got dumber

— Tru Muse

The world is full of people who are very clever at seeming much smarter than they really are.

— Kurt Vonnegut

Genius is intellect constructive.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Look, the American people are smart.

— John Kennedy

The Americans are clever. They thoroughly understand things that have to do with money, war, death, sickness. And there is also a real tradition…

— Gore Vidal

Our country was founded by geniuses, but it's being run by idiots.

— Louie Gohmert

The American people are smart. They've gotten sick of the predictable hyperpartisan talking points and canned anger.

— John Avlon

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

— Bertrand Russell

The Americans are completely stupid. The intellectual level in any single European country is higher than in America.

— Michel Houellebecq

Americans, unlike their elected politicians, are not stupid.

— Tom Tancredo