A quotation (not) from Shakespeare

What a terrible era in which the idiots govern the blind.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet

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A quotation from Molly Ivins

Me, I think government is a tool, like a hammer. You can use a hammer to build with or you can use a hammer to destroy with. Whether government is good or bad depends on what you use it for and how well you use it. On the whole, it’s a poor idea to put people in charge of government who don’t believe in using it.

Molly Ivins (1944-2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Essay (1992-03-01), “Good morning, Fort Worth! Glad to be here,” Fort Worth Star-Telegram

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“The historian #BarbaraTuchman once described four kinds of #misgovernment that stem from a leader’s hubris: tyranny, excessive ambition, incompetence, and “folly”—the pursuit of policies contrary to the nation’s interests. Khamenei’s Islamic Republic has checked every box.”

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A quotation from Richard Hooker

He that goeth about to persuade a multitude, that they are not so well governed as they ought to be, shall never want attentive and favorable hearers.

Richard Hooker (1554-1600) English theologian
Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity, Book 1, ch. 1 (1594)

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