Accepting Quote by George Carlin

Governments don't want a population capable of critical thinking, they want obedient workers, people just smart enough to run the machines and just dumb…

— George Carlin

Simply getting a country's population online is not going to trigger a revolution in critical thinking.

— Evgeny Morozov

I'm asking people to think critically and not to be lazy in their thinking.

— Naomi Wolf

The people want government that works for them at every level.

— Anonymous

“Critical thinking is essential to make sense of our world, especially with advertisers and politicians all telling us loudly that they know best. We…

— Helen Czerski

All governments like the ignorant, because their existence depends on them! If the society becomes wise, governments cannot survive, at least the bad ones…

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

Why is it is claimed that if people won't or can't take care of their own needs, that people in government can do it…

— Ron Paul

Government is supposed to lead by example in many cases. Government that's not particularly caring and is hands-off is not particularly inspiring.

— Maya Soetoro-Ng

The majority must be persuaded by ideology that their government is good, wise and, at least, inevitable, and certainly better than other conceivable alternatives.…

— Murray Rothbard

Those who want the Government to regulate matters of the mind and spirit are like men who are so afraid of being murdered that…

— Harry S Truman

There is no genuine democracy without an informed public. While there are no guarantees that a critical education will prompt individuals to contest various…

— Henry Giroux

How fortunate for governments that people do not think. There is no thinking except in giving and executing commands. If it were otherwise human…

— Adolf Hitler