> "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." - H.L. Mencken, The Smart Set (1915) > Although it's worth noting that 'as the forefathers intended' carries more weight than it typically should. Their intentions were mostly based on philosophical guess work Until the letter and…
…It looms larger than the massive fact of Gettysburg. It is worth more than the whole Civil War. The man who loosed it upon posterity has left it a vaster heritage than the man who invented baseball." (Smart Set, 1914) He said of US politics: "It was Americans who invented the curious doctrine that there is a body of doctrine in every department of thought that every good citizen is in duty bound to accept…
……它比葛底斯堡这一重大史实还要意义重大。它比整个南北战争更有价值。将它释放给后世的人，留下的遗产比发明棒球的人还要丰厚。”——《Smart Set》，Critics of More or Less Badness，1914 年 11 月 “对任何政府来说，最危险的人，是那种能够不受流行迷信和禁忌影响、独立思考的人。……
…It looms larger than the massive fact of Gettysburg. It is worth more than the whole Civil War. The man who loosed it upon posterity has left it a vaster heritage than the man who invented baseball." – Smart Set, Critics of More or Less Badness, Nov 1914 "The most dangerous man, to any government, is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos.…
> “民主是一种理论，认为普通人知道自己想要什么，并且活该得到它，狠狠地得到。”——H.L. Mencken，《Smart Set》（1915） > 不过值得注意的是，“正如先辈们所设想的那样”这句话的分量通常比它应有的要重。他们的意图大多基于哲学上的猜测，直到文字和……
> "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." - H.L. Mencken, The Smart Set (1915) > Although it's worth noting that 'as the forefathers intended' carries more weight than it typically should. Their intentions were mostly based on philosophical guess work Until the letter and…
……它比葛底斯堡这一重大史实还要意义重大。它比整个南北战争更有价值。将它释放给后世的人，留下的遗产比发明棒球的人还要丰厚。”（《Smart Set》，1914）他谈到美国政治时说：“是美国人发明了这条奇怪的信条：在思想的每个领域都存在一套教条，每个好公民都有义务接受……
…It looms larger than the massive fact of Gettysburg. It is worth more than the whole Civil War. The man who loosed it upon posterity has left it a vaster heritage than the man who invented baseball." (Smart Set, 1914) He said of US politics: "It was Americans who invented the curious doctrine that there is a body of doctrine in every department of thought that every good citizen is in duty bound to accept…
……它比葛底斯堡这一重大史实还要意义重大。它比整个南北战争更有价值。将它释放给后世的人，留下的遗产比发明棒球的人还要丰厚。”——《Smart Set》，Critics of More or Less Badness，1914 年 11 月 “对任何政府来说，最危险的人，是那种能够不受流行迷信和禁忌影响、独立思考的人。……
…It looms larger than the massive fact of Gettysburg. It is worth more than the whole Civil War. The man who loosed it upon posterity has left it a vaster heritage than the man who invented baseball." – Smart Set, Critics of More or Less Badness, Nov 1914 "The most dangerous man, to any government, is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos.…