The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that #democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Isaac_Asimov

Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand. With a grip that kills it. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bigotry#T