“Love, thine is the future. Death, I use thee, but I hate thee. Citizens, there shall be in the future neither darkness nor thunderbolts; neither ferocious ignorance nor blood for blood.” UseHateDarknessBloodIgnoranceCitizensI HateTheeThunderbolts Book:Les Miserables Volume Two Source: Les Miserables Volume Two
“This other war, the war upon destruction of natural assets is one that will never be finished. Our weakness in this vast war is largely ignorance, that most of our citizens do not realize what is going on under their very feet.” WarRealizingNaturalFeetIgnoranceCitizensWeaknessDestructionFinishedAssets Author:Louis Bromfield
“A political system seeking to function amongst ignorant, illiterate and barbaric people could have marvelous principles but could only succeed in being ignorant, illiterate and barbaric unless one addressed the people one by one and cured the ignorance, illiteracy and barbarism of each citizen.” PeoplePoliticalPrinciplesIgnoranceCitizensSucceedFunctionSeekingIgnorantMarvelousPolitical SystemsBarbarismIlliterateIlliteracyBarbaricBeing Ignorant Author:L. Ron Hubbard
“Scientists habitually moan that the public doesn't understand them. But they complain too much: public ignorance isn't peculiar to science. It's sad if some citizens can't tell a proton from a protein. But it's equally sad if they're ignorant of their nation's history, can't speak a second language, or can't find Venezuela or Syria on a map.” IfsSpeakLanguageNationsToo MuchIgnoranceCitizensScientistComplainingIgnorantMapsPeculiarSyriaProteinVenezuelaProton Author:Martin Rees
“Except for half a dozen in each town the citizens are proud of that achievement of ignorance which is so easy to come by. To be 'intellectual' or 'artistic' or, in their own word, to be 'highbrow,' is to be priggish and of dubious virtue.” EasyHalfVirtueIgnoranceProudCitizensAchievementIntellectualTownsArtisticDozenDubious Book:Main Street Source: Main Street
“When it comes to climate change it's all the usual barriers: greed, mendacity, ignorance, short-sightedness and so on, manifest in the extreme power of corporations, the weakness of government, and the indifference of citizens.” GovernmentIgnoranceCitizensWeaknessClimateGreedClimate ChangeExtremesCorporationsIndifferenceBarriersManifestUsualMendacity Author:Dale Jamieson
“Ignorance is an evil weed, which dictators may cultivate among their dupes, but which no democracy can afford among its citizens.” MayPoliticalEvilPoliticsDemocracyIgnoranceCitizensEconomicsWeedMarijuanaDictatorDupes Author:William Beveridge