Who said this? And when you figure it out... think about it.?

Question

The theory behind representative government is that superior men--or at all events, men not inferior to the average in ability and integrity--are chosen to manage the public business, and that they carry on this work with reasonable intelligence and honesty. There is little support for that theory in the known facts...

Answer 1

H.L. Mencken on Liberty and Government

Answer 2

A lot of people will be interested to find out - because we all fall asleep before it's finished.