The Lexicographer's Rules

"The appalling stupidity of these men, highlighted by the ferocious peril of these hours, is the exact measure of the stupidity of the people in our states, cities, towns, and villages. When we condemn them, which we rightly do with nearly every dispatch concerning their multifarious and nonsensical agenda, we condemn ourselves. When we say these men have abandoned their strength to the administration, because of pressure, we state how great has been our own eagerness to lay down the chore of civic duty and let an administrationÑor nobodyÑpick up and exploit our united strength."

—Context. Philip Wylie describes the national population's relationship with its Congressional representatives.

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