A Little Book in C Major

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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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Topic

Democracy

Author

H.L. Mencken

Source

A Little Book in C Major

Statement Type

Definition

Language

English

Time

1916 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

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.