H. L. Mencken Quote

It is the fundamental theory of all the more recent American law...that the average citizen is half-witted, and hence not to be trusted to either his own devices or his own thoughts.

The American Credo: A Contribution Toward the Interpretation of the National Mind (ed. 1921)

It is the fundamental theory of all the more recent American law...that the average citizen is half-witted, and hence not to be trusted to either his ...

It is the fundamental theory of all the more recent American law...that the average citizen is half-witted, and hence not to be trusted to either his ...

It is the fundamental theory of all the more recent American law...that the average citizen is half-witted, and hence not to be trusted to either his ...

It is the fundamental theory of all the more recent American law...that the average citizen is half-witted, and hence not to be trusted to either his ...