There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always 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."

I don't subscribe to the thesis, 'Let the buyer beware,' I prefer the disregarded one that goes, 'Let the seller be honest.'

True literacy is becoming an arcane art, and the nation is steadily "dumbing down."

Computerization eliminates the middleman

When people thought the earth was flat, they were wrong. When people thought the earth was spherical, they were wrong. But if you think that thinking the earth is spherical is just as wrong as thinking the earth is flat, then your view is wronger than both of them put together.

My feeling is, quite simply, that if there is a God, He has done such a bad job that he isn't worth discussing.

When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent.