“Every advance into knowledge opens new prospects, and produces new incitements to further progress.” — Samuel Johnson, The Rambler, No. 103 (1751-03-12)
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“We have this terrible struggle to try to explain things to people who have no reason to want to know.” — Richard Feynman, “What Is and What Should Be the Role of Scientific Culture in Modern Society,” Galileo Symposium, Italy (1964)
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“I know that I am honest and sincere in my desire to do well; but the question is whether I know enough to accomplish what I desire.” — Grover Cleveland, Letter to his brother Rev. William N. Cleveland (1882-11-07)
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“Ignorance is always correctable. But what shall we do if we take ignorance to be knowledge?” — Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death
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“The advancement and diffusion of knowledge; which is the only Guardian of true liberty.” — James Madison, Letter to George Thomson (1825-06-30)
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“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, “A Cult of Ignorance,” Newsweek (1980-01-21)
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“Decisions are always made with insufficient information. If you really knew what was going on, the decision would make itself.” — Jack McDevitt, Odyssey
