American people Quote by Mitch Prinstein

“Is Donald Trump an intellectual? Trust me, I’m like a smart person.”

— Michael Wolff

“Since at least the year 2000 and the election of George Bush, Americans have shown themselves to be increasingly enamored with the heroic couplet…

— J. Jack Halberstam

“There's an ingrained distrust in our society of highly intelligent, highly trained, highly competent persons. One need only look at the last presidential election…

— John Brunner

What he is lacking in intelligence, he more than makes up for in stupidity.

— Anonymous

“In an election, a stupid man can get the votes of the ignorant much easier than a clever man simply because he will naturally…

— Mehmet Murat ildan

Sometimes societies become too stupid to survive. A nation that takes Barack Obama's current rhetorical flourishes seriously is certainly well advanced along that dismal…

— Mark Steyn

We need to redefine "smart" when talking about things Obama does, 'cause in my world he doesn't do smart things. He doesn't do intelligent…

— Rush Limbaugh

There are a lot of smart honest, progressive people who I think can be good presidents.

— Bernie Sanders

Intelligence has been commoner among American Presidents than high character.

— Henry Louis Mencken

“It occurs to hi that what he has failed to impart through wisdom, he may well have imparted through stupidity.”

— Jonathan Tropper

Most college students are not as smart as most college presidents.

— Andy Rooney

Whatever you think about his intelligence, what's unquestionable is that Reagan had extraordinary emotional intelligence. He could sense the temperature of a room, and…

— Rick Perlstein