H.L. Mencken

It’s important to note that Mencken was not only a journalist but also a satirist and it was he who in July of 1925 dubbed the Scopes Trial “The Monkey Trial”




The actual second half of the original quote:

"On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron”