Tmoynihan@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
> Still not sure I've got it right, but closer to the original is, "Nobody ever
> went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public." More or
> less the same sentiment. P. T. Barnum sounds right for it, although H. L.
> Menken was similarly ascerbic.
>
> Regards,
>
> Tom Moynihan
> Dallas, TX
Yes, that's sounds closer to the original. I'm still not certain who
said it but I think you may be right and it's Menken rather than Barnum,
or maybe Ambrose Bierce? Love those curmudgeonly types.
Jerry Liles
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