A Galileo Could No More Be Elected President Of The United States Than He Could Be Elected Pope Of Rome.

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A Galileo could no more be elected president of the United States than
he could be elected Pope of Rome. Both high posts are reserved for men
favored by God with an extraordinary genius for swathing the bitter
facts of life in bandages of self-illusion.
-- H. L. Mencken

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