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)

H. L. Mencken Quotes

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 ...