Mencken: Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses. It is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.
In America, we have a two-party system, a Republican congressional staffer is supposed to have told a visiting group of Russian legislators some years ago.
There is the stupid party. And there is the evil party. I am proud to be a member of the stupid party.
Periodically, the two parties get together and do something that is both stupid and evil. This is called - "bipartisanship.
Under the patronage of the Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman
"What is the first business of philosophy? To part with self-conceit. ...It is impossible for anyone to begin to learn what he thinks he already knows." -- Epictetus (c. 100 A.D.)
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I am not Spartacus
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Mencken: Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses. It is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.
In America, we have a two-party system, a Republican congressional staffer is supposed to have told a visiting group of Russian legislators some years ago.
There is the stupid party. And there is the evil party. I am proud to be a member of the stupid party.
Periodically, the two parties get together and do something that is both stupid and evil. This is called - "bipartisanship.
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