Public opinion, in its raw state, gushes out in the immemorial form of…

H. L. Mencken
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Public opinion, in its raw state, gushes out in the immemorial form of the mob's fear. It is piped into central factories, and there it is flavoured and colored and put into cans. ✨ Notes on Democracy. Book by H. L. Mencken, 1926.
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Public opinion, in its raw state, gushes out in the immemorial form of the mob's fear. It is piped into central factories, and there it is flavoured and colored and put into cans. ✨ Notes on Democracy. Book by H. L. Mencken, 1926.

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