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Isaac Asimov
“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'
Isaac Asimov

Glenn Greenwald
“American political culture quickly and always outpaces any attempt to satirize it.”
Glenn Greenwald

William H. Gass
“Nature punishes gluttony, not avarice or hate.”
William H. Gass

Bertolt Brecht
“He who laughs last has not yet heard the bad news. ”
Bertolt Brecht

H.L. Mencken
“As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
H.L. Mencken, On Politics: A Carnival of Buncombe

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