Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 May 1917 — Compromise With Stupidity. [ARTICLE]

Compromise With Stupidity.

The public mind is nearly always alow working. The deliberations of a body of men must usually wait upon the intelligence of its least intelligent member, and the final result of such deliberation will ordinarily be closer to the mentality of the stupidest member of the conference than that of the most intelligent. Intelligence must compromise with stupidity. The broadminded must compromise with the bigoted. Stupidity and bigotry are nearly always reflected in public opinion.— WlEiam Maxwell in Collier’s Weekly.