1041 – “There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of 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

Quote Number: 86

Source: Asimov, Isaac. “A Cult of Ignorance.” In Newsweek. The Washington Post Company: Washington DC. January 21, 1980. pg 19. Online Here.

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