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Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man, and our politicians take advantage of this prejudice by pretending to be even more stupid than nature made them. - Bertrand Russell (New Hopes for a Changing World Quotes)

Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man, and our politicians take advantage of this prejudice by pretending to be even more stupid than nature made them.

Source:Part III. Man and Himself, Chapter XVI. Ideas Which Have Become Obsolete
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Bertrand Russell (New Hopes for a Changing World Quotes)
  • Book: New Hopes for a Changing World
  • Writer: Bertrand Russell
  • Genre: Philosophy
  • Published: 1951
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