“No one ever lost money underestimating the intelligence of the American public.”

“Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. No one in this world, so far as I know—and I have researched the records for years, and employed agents to help me—has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone ever lost public office thereby.”

“No one in this world, so far as I know—and I have searched the record for years, and employed agents to help me—has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people.”

“The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money.”

“A lot of men have lost money chasing women. But no man has ever lost women chasing money.”

“You can never underestimate the stupidity of the general public”