Will people ever be wise enough to refuse to follow bad leaders or to take away the freedom of other people? (16 October 1939)
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Wisdom is needed to resist bad leadership and protect the freedom of others.
- In plain terms
- We need wisdom to stop following bad leaders and to protect freedom.
- What can you take from it?
- Develop wisdom to protect freedom and resist tyranny.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Who do you follow and why?
- How do you protect others' freedom?
Another view
Wisdom is hard to quantify or enforce universally.
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