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What does H.L. Mencken mean by the following quote? Do you agree with Mencken?
"In a democracy, each party devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule — and both commonly succeed and are right."
—H. L. Mencken
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A theme that is present in the thought of H.L. Mencken is that those in the position of power have a tendency to abuse that power. Some have suggested that Mencken is a cynic, and certainly...
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