Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.

H.L. Mencken

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Democracy

Author

H.L. Mencken

Source

A Little Book in C Major

Statement Type

Definition

Language

English

Time

1916 1910s 20th century

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Writer

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United States

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Citation

Mencken, Henry Louis. A Mencken Chrestomathy. Alfred A. Knopf, 1949, ch. 30. Originally published in A Little Book in C Major, published by John Lane Co., 1916, ch. 2.

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Era
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Authentication Score 2
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If you want work well done, select a busy man.

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Time
1916 1910s 20th century
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Pride is therefore pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself.

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Medium
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Time
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Authentication Score 3
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