"The fatal tendency of mankind to leave off thinking about a thing when it is no longer doubtful is..."

“The fatal tendency of mankind to leave off thinking about a thing when it is no longer doubtful is the cause of half their errors.”

- John Stuart Mill, On Liberty, cited by Yascha Mounk in The week democracy died: How Brexit, Nice, Turkey, and Trump are all connected


from Stowe Boyd http://www.stoweboyd.com/post/149082006797