A demagogue is a person with whom we disagree as to which gang should mismanage the country.
Source: Quoted in: E. Anthony, O Rare Don Marquis, ch. 11 (1962).
-- Don Marquis, (Jul 29 1878-1937), US journalist, poet, dramatist, humorist; He was a popular columnist of N.Y. Sun and Tribune, and wrote The Old Soak, 1921.