H. L. Mencken Idiot Quotations

The only really respectable Protestants are the fundamentalists. Unfortunately, they are also palpable idiots.

Congress consists of one-third, more or less, scoundrels; two-thirds, more or less, idiots; and three-thirds, more or less, poltroons.

What is the function that a clergyman performs in the world? Answer: He gets his living by assuring idiots that he can save them from an imaginary hell.

Sometimes the idiots outvote the sensible people.