Citizens Quote by William Beveridge

“ignorance is the enemy of democracy”

— Anonymous

“Coming at us like this--in waves, massed and unbreachable--knowledge becomes symbolic of our disempowerment--becomes bad knowledge--so we deny it, riding its crest until it…

— Ruth Ozeki

Ignorance is a tough evil to conquer.

— Sophocles

Ignorance has always been the weapon of tyrants; enlightenment the salvation of the free.

— Bill Richardson

“Ignorance has one virtue: persistence. It will insist through dogged persistence on leading others to follow its vision no matter how misguided. Ignorance will…

— John Kramer

The false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.

— Isaac Asimov

Democracy encourages the majority to decide things about which the majority is ignorant.

— John Simon

“Ignorance is the enemy not just of our democratic system but also of our moral integrity as a nation, as the land of the…

— Jay Sekulow

Ignorance is a voluntary condition.

— Herbert V. Prochnow

“Ignorance is the root of many ills. Knowledge must be the fundamental ally of nations that aspire, despite all their tragedies and problems, to…

— Fidel Castro

Ignorance is a self-generating state of mind; one of its characteristics is that it doesn't recognize itself as ignorance.

— Jane Smiley

Ignorance deprives people of freedom because they do not know what alternatives there are. It is impossible to choose to do what one has…

— Ralph Barton Perry