“One idiot is one idiot. Two idiots are two idiots. Ten thousand idiots are a political party.”

—  Franz Kafka

Was written in a slightly different way by Leo Longanesi in Italian, above form has been attributed to Kafka without evidence.
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Source: One Idiot Is One Idiot. Two Idiots Are Two Idiots. Ten Thousand Idiots Are a Political Party, Quote Investigator, 2021-10-08 https://quoteinvestigator.com/2021/10/08/idiots/,

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author 1883–1924

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