H. G. Wells (1866–1946) English writer
“Stalin-Wells Talk: The Verbatim Report and A Discussion”, G.B. Shaw, J.M. Keynes et al., London, The New Statesman and Nation, (1934) p. 15
“Mediocrity triumphs because it presents itself as democratic and because it is dull, and so for many does not seem worth struggling against.”
Leveling Britain http://www.city-journal.org/html/eon2007-03-22td.html (March 22, 2007). <br class="br">City Journal (1998 - 2008)
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