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Readers Write: Sarcasms and truths, especially for voters

“It’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.” – Mark Twain
 
“There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous.” – Hannah Arendt
 
“Don’t worry about what people think. They don’t do it very often.” –  Anonymous
 
“Without freedom of speech, we would not know who the idiots are.” – Mark Twain
 
“Sarcasm is the ability to insult stupid people without them realizing it.” – Anonymous
“The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.” – H.L. Mencken
 
“Scientists say the world is made up of protons, neutrons and electrons. They forgot to mention morons.” -Anonymous
 
“If everybody lies to you, the consequence is not that you believe the lies, but rather that nobody believes anything any longer…And a people that no longer can believe anything cannot make up its mind. It is deprived not only of its capacity to act but also of its capacity to think and to judge. And with such a people, you can do what you please.” – Hannah Arendt
“Beware of false knowledge. It is more dangerous than ignorance.” – George Bernard Shaw
Alvin Goldberg
Great Neck
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