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

    H. L. Mencken: Congress consists of one-third, more or less, scoundrels; two-thirds, more or less, idiots; and three-thirds, more or less, poltroons.
    H.L. Mencken (2012). “Mencken Chrestomathy”, p.622, Vintage