The seasick passenger on an ocean liner detests the good sailor who stalks past him 265 times a day grandly smoking a large, greasy cigar. In precisely the same way the democrat hates the man who is having a better time in the world. This is the origin of democracy. It is also the origin of Puritanism.
![The seasick passenger on an ocean liner detests the good sailor who stalks past him 265 times a day grandly smoking a large, greasy cigar. In precisely the same way the democrat hates the man who is having a better time](http://cdn.quoteddaily.com/images/h-l-mencken/the-seasick-passenger-on-an-ocean-liner-detests-the-good-sailor-who-stalks-past-him-265-times-a-day-grandly.jpg)