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Wednesday 21st of January 2026

Ignorance [T]he Age of Ignorance  has repeatedly enacted a dark principle: in the absence of knowledge, violence fills the void. Andy Borowitz, Profiles in Ignorance  © 2023 Kwiple.com
Ignorance I'm ready for the ‘gotcha’ questions, and they're already starting to come. And when they ask me who is the President of Ubeki-beki-beki-beki-stan, I'm going to say, you know, I don't know. And do you know? And then I'm going to say, How's that going to create one job? Herman Cain, during 2000 Republican presidential primaries © 2023 Kwiple.com
Ignorance I've divided it [the Age of Ignorance] into the Three Stages of Ignorance: Ridicule, Acceptance and Celebration. During the Ridicule stage, ignorance was a magnet for mockery … During the Acceptance stage, ignorance mutated into something more acceptable: a sign that a poltician was authentic, down-to-earth, and a“normal person” … During the Celebration stage … ignorance has become preferable to knowledge, dunces are exalted over experts, and a candidate can win a seat in Congress after blaming wildfires on Jewish space lasers. Andy Borowitz, Profiles in Ignorance  [2022] © 2023 Kwiple.com
Ignorance If a nation expects to be ignorant & free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was & never will be. Thomas Jefferson  © 2017 Kwiple.com
Ignorance Ignorance is an evil weed, which dictators may cultivate among their dupes, but which no democracy can afford among its citizens. William Henry Beveridge © 2023 Kwiple.com
Ignorance Ignorance of the law excuses no man; not that all men know the law, but because 'tis an excuse that every man will plead, and no man can tell how to confute him. John Selden © 2023 Kwiple.com
Ignorance Nothing in all the world  is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. Martin Luther King, Jr. Strength to Love  © 2023 Kwiple.com
Ignorance Our army manned the air, it rammed the ramparts, it took over the airports, it did everything it had to do, and at Fort McHenry, under the rockets' red glare, it had nothing but victory. Donald Trump on the War of 1812 © 2023 Kwiple.com
Ignorance 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”. Isaac Asimov © 2023 Kwiple.com
Ignorance Thoroughly conscious ignorance is the prelude to every real advance in science. James Clerk Maxwell © 2023 Kwiple.com
 
Ignorance  Trump thought Colorado bordered Mexico. He thought Finland was part of Russia, and that Belgium is a city. He pronounced Namibia “Nambia” and called Thailand “Thighland,” as if it were a strip club. He thought Nepal and Bhutan were parts of India, and called them “Nipple” and “Button.” Andy Borowitz, Profiles in Ignorance  © 2023 Kwiple.com