Quotation by

H. L. Mencken

Each party steals so many articles of faith from the other, and the candidates spend so much time making each other's speeches, that by the time election day is past there is nothing much to do save turn the sitting rascals out and let a new gang in.

H. L. Mencken

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Mencken is saying that political parties borrow ideas and beliefs from each other to such an extent that their differences become insignificant. As a result, elections mainly serve to replace one group of dishonest politicians with another, rather than bring real change.

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