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• One of the merits of democracy is quite obvious: it is perhaps the most charming form of government ever devised by man.
  The reason is not far to seek. It is based on propositions that are palpably not true -- and what is not true, as everyone knows, is always immensely more fascinating and satisfying to the vast majority of men than what is true....
• Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses. -- H. L. Mencke
• Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.
  -- H. L. Mencken (1880-1956)...
• Democracy is the theory that the people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.
  -- H. L. Mencken (1880-1956)...
• Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn't they'd be married too.
  -- H. L. Mencken (1880-1956)...