"It's often considered elitist to say that well maybe voters are uninformed and that they should know more before they cast their votes. It's strange to say that because it's also elitist to say that to run a radio station requires skill or to be a plumber requires skill and background knowledge."

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Source : Source: www.cbc.ca

Jason Brennan

#Running Quotes #Skills Quotes #Radio Quotes

“People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are willing to remain actually fools.”
“Either Mitt Romney through his own words and his own signature was misrepresenting his position at Bain to the SEC, which is a felony, or he was misrepresenting his position at Bain to the American people.”
“A concert is a concert is a concert is a concert. An album is an album is an album is an album. Musically, both have nothing in common.”
“Religion is a major player in the poaching crisis. We've ignored it, we've accorded religion too much respect in this regard, and we've placed devotion above slaughter.”
“Free people can treat each other justly, but they can't make life fair. To get rid of the unfairness among individuals, you have to exercise power over them. The more fairness you want, the more power you need. Thus, all dreams of fairness become dreams of tyranny in the end.”
“Influence is a very tenuous matter. I try to avoid it in every respect. I don't want to be influenced by anybody.”
“I think every student needs access to technology, and I think technology can be a hugely important vehicle to help level the playing field.”
“So long as we have failed to eliminate any of the causes of human despair, we do not have the right to try to eliminate those means by which man tries to cleanse himself of despair.”

Source : Antonin Artaud, Susan Sontag (1976). “Antonin Artaud, Selected Writings”, p.99, Univ of California Press

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