"The main problem in any democracy is that crowd-pleasers are generally brainless swine who can go..."

“The main problem in any democracy is that crowd-pleasers are generally brainless swine who can go out on a stage & whup their supporters into an orgiastic frenzy—then go back to the office & sell every one of the poor bastards down the tube for a nickel apiece.”

- Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ‘72

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