On the record
So in communities where the masses are ignorant but respectful, if you once permit the ignorant class to begin to rule you may bid farewell to deference for ever.
Said by
Walter Bagehot
Source
gutenberg.orgWalter Bagehot: “So in communities where the masses are ignorant but respectful, if you once permit the ignorant class to begin to rule…”
Editor's note · Context
Bagehot warns that allowing the ignorant to rule will lead to a permanent loss of deference in society.
Share
More from Walter Bagehot
All savage religions are full of superstitions founded on luck.
The nation then selected the English policy, but the Crown chose the English Ministers.
They are above corruption because they are the corruptors.
The progress of the military art is the most conspicuous, I was about to say the most SHOWY, fact in human history.
Other voices in this conversation
