"If information and knowledge are central to democracy, they are the conditions for development"

"Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage"

"Education is a private matter between the person and the world of knowledge and experience, and has little to do with school or college"

"What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child"

"A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers"

"A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect"

"Democracy is only a dream: it should be put in the same category as Arcadia, Santa Claus, and Heaven"

"Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses"

"Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people"

"Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness"

"Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge"