Ignorance and power and pride are a deadly mixture, you know.

Robert Fulghum
About This Quote

The great writer, Maya Angelou, once said, “Ignorance and power and pride are a deadly mixture, you know.” The problem is that as we grow up surrounded by such arrogance and stupidity, we begin to believe it as well. And as we become like those who surround us, we become ignorant and power-hungry as well.

Source: All I Really Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten

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