The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to m…

H. L. Mencken
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The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots. ✨ H.L. Mencken (2013). Notes On Democracy, p.76, Knopf
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