Famous quotes containing the words ignorant and/or armies:
“The past is ignorant of the present. Be careful in taking its advice.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny; flattery to treachery; standing armies to arbitrary government; and the glory of God to the temporal interest of the clergy.”
—David Hume (1711–1776)