The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.

Quote by John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Topics: Democracy Quotes, Ignorance Quotes

If scientific discovery has not been an unalloyed blessing, if it has conferred on mankind...

If scientific discovery has not been an unalloyed blessing, if it has conferred on mankind...

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable.

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable.

True happiness is the full use of your powers along lines of excellence in a...

True happiness is the full use of your powers along lines of excellence in a...

The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie - deliberate, contrived...

The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie - deliberate, contrived...

Let us welcome controversial books and controversial authors.

Let us welcome controversial books and controversial authors.

Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be President, but they don't want...

Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be President, but they don't want...

My father always told me that all businessmen were sons of bitches, but I never...

My father always told me that all businessmen were sons of bitches, but I never...

We cannot expect that all nations will adopt like systems, for conformity is the jailer...

We cannot expect that all nations will adopt like systems, for conformity is the jailer...

With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of deeds,...

With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of deeds,...

Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression...

Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression...

When power leads man towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows...

When power leads man towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows...

All of us do not have equal talents, but all of us should have an...

All of us do not have equal talents, but all of us should have an...

Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The...

Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The...

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, we shall pay any...

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, we shall pay any...

I'm always rather nervous about how you talk about women who are active in politics,...

I'm always rather nervous about how you talk about women who are active in politics,...

Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all...

Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all...

Any system of government will work when everything is going well. It's the system that...

Any system of government will work when everything is going well. It's the system that...

My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government - he promised Dad he'd go...

My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government - he promised Dad he'd go...

The Senate is the last primitive society in the world. We still worship the elders...

The Senate is the last primitive society in the world. We still worship the elders...

There is no question that an admission of making false statements to government officials and...

There is no question that an admission of making false statements to government officials and...