“When the ignorant have become numerous or powerful enough, they have been referred to by a special name. This names is 'the Wise'.” Has BeensEnoughNamesPowerfulWiseSpecialIgnorant Author:Idries Shah
“[T]here seems to have been an actual decline in rational thinking. The United States had become a place where entertainers and professional athletes were mistaken for people of importance. They were idolized and treated as leaders; their opinions were sought on everything and they took themselves just as seriously-after all, if an athlete is paid a million or more a year, he knows he is important ... so his opinions of foreign affairs and domestic policies must be important, too, even though he proves himself to be ignorant and subliterate every time he opens his mouth.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsYearsHas BeensImportantStatesReasonSeemsPoliticsUnitedLeaderOpinionMillionsUnited StatesMediaPolicyProveMouthsImportancePaidAffairAthleteIgnorantTreatedRationalDeclineMistakenEntertainersRational ThinkingProfessional AthleteForeign AffairsIdolizedDomestic Policy Author:Robert A. Heinlein
“Common-sense is part of the home-made ideology of those who have been deprived of fundamental learning, of those who have been kept ignorant.” Has BeensMadeHomeCommonFundamentalsIgnorantCommon SenseIdeologyDeprived Book:A Fortunate Man: The Story of a Country Doctor Source: A Fortunate Man: The Story of a Country Doctor