#ignorant

The ideas which now pass for brilliant innovations and advances are in fact mere revivals of ancient errors, and a further proof of the dictum that those who are ignorant of the past are condemned to repeat it. ↗

— Henry Hazlitt

#ancient #brilliant #condemned #dictum #errors

Nobody with an IQ higher than emergency-room temperature could ever believe that 'death panels' would be appointed to nudge the elderly toward euthanasia. Yet for idle entertainment, it's hard to beat Sarah Palin's ignorant nattering on the subject. ↗

— Carl Hiaasen

#beat #believe #could #death #elderly

Some people would rather stay ignorant and self-satisfied. ↗

— Janis Ian

#people #rather #some #some people #stay

If an ignorant person is attracted by the things of the world, that is bad. But if a learned person is thus attracted, it is worse. ↗

— Abu Bakr

#attracted #bad #ignorant #learned #person

If the Soviet empire still existed, I'd be terrified. The fact is, we can afford a fairly ignorant presidency now. ↗

— Newt Gingrich

#empire #existed #fact #fairly #i

American democracy must be a failure because it places the supreme authority in the hands of the poorest and most ignorant part of the society. ↗

— Thomas Babington Macaulay

#authority #because #democracy #failure #hands

The first step towards knowledge is to know that we are ignorant. ↗

— Richard Cecil

#first step #ignorant #know #knowledge #step

The trouble with our Liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

#ignorant #just #know #liberal #much

The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant. ↗

— Maximilien Robespierre

#freedom #ignorant #keeping #lies #people

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects. ↗

— Will Rogers

#different subjects #everybody #ignorant #only #subjects