Saul Bellow on Demagoguery

“The secret of the demagogue is to make himself as stupid as his audience so they believe they are as clever as he.”

Saul Bellow

Excerpted from: Winokur, Jon, ed. The Portable Curmudgeon. New York: Plume, 1992.

One response to “Saul Bellow on Demagoguery

  1. Wow!! Nailed that one!

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