Opinions
"Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'"
― Isaac Asimov, "A Cult of Ignorance," Newsweek (Jan. 1980)
past wisdom
"I don't want to see religious bigotry in any form. It would disturb me if there was a wedding between the religious fundamentalists and the political right. The hard right has no interest in religion except to manipulate it."
Billy Graham - Parade (1 February 1981)
An astute observation from Bertrand Russell
"Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones."Rules
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