Quotes about stupidity

Ronald Reagan I have always viewed as a brainless fellow who echoes the opinions of anyone who gets close to him.

To Mankind

And the hope that the war against folly may someday be won, after all.

The most hopelessly stupid man is he who is not aware that he is wise.

“Such unsubtle escapism! Really, Dr. Fara, such folly smacks of genius. A lesser mind would be incapable of it."

It is because you yourself fear the propaganda created, after all, only by the stupidity of your own bigots.

That is the most stupid thing yet. I tell you that I could despair of human intelligence when I see what can exist in men’s minds.

A writer of great talent, to whom I complained of the little sympathy I have met with, made me this profound answer: "You have an immense fault which will close all doors against you: you cannot converse for two minutes with a fool without showing him that he is one."

The kind of man who wants the government to adopt and enforce his ideas is always the kind of man whose ideas are idiotic.

If x is the population of the United States and y is the degree of imbecility of the average American, then democracy is the theory that x × y is less than y.

A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant and the crazy crazier.

The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind.

Before a man speaks it is always safe to assume that he is a fool. After he speaks, it is seldom necessary to assume it.