Josh Billings Quote - Liberty Quotes Blog

"The trouble with most folks
isn't so much their ignorance,
as knowing so many things
that ain't so."

by:	Josh Billings [Henry Wheeler Shaw] (1818-1885) American humorist and lecturer
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Categories:	Education, Knowledge, Media, Propaganda, Truth, Ignorance
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In 2006 ignorance is appropriate, primarily because there is too much to keep track of. For example the tax code is extensive. Since most of it doesn't apply to any specific individual and it is so difficult to find what does apply that the IRS doesn't understand it, people are ignorant of it. -- Joe, Rochester, MI
Hence, the problem with 99% of all graduating college students... -- Logan, Memphis, TN
:) I like it -- Mike, Norwalk
Ignorance the root of all evil and perpetuated by those in Power. -- Robert, Sarasota
Sorry, but this reminded me of this quote: Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts. Henry B. Adams -- Robert
Fact: The United States is a Republic. see US Constitution Article IV, Section 4 Fiction: The Unites States is a Democracy. I revise my previous rating. -- Joe, Rochester, MI
...for which we have so many fine examples. -- David L. Rosenthal
We are bombarded with noise 24/7. Everywhere I look people have on iPods or are on the phone. Most of it means nothing and fills man's mind with the unimportant, meaningless drivel. Great Quote! -- Fred, Sarnia
I think of the global warming nay sayers and the earth is flat crowd. -- Waffler, Smith
I think of Waffler and the other liberal morons who think we can solve the nations debt problem by raising taxes on the "Rich". Pelosi and Boxer would get waivers of course. -- jim k, Austin,Tx