"Don't be buffaloed by experts and elites...." - Quote by Colin Powell
Don't be buffaloed by experts and elites. Experts often possess more data than judgment. Elites can become so inbred that they produce hemophiliacs who bleed to death as soon as they are nicked by the real world.
More by Colin Powell
“There are lots of countries that are having these kinds of internal civil wars in other parts of the world and nobody is talking about intervening.”
“Let me just be candid: My party is full of racists. And the real reason a considerable portion of my party wants President Obama out of the White House has nothing to do with the content of his character, nothing to do with his competence as commander-in-chief and president, and everything to do with the color of his skin. And that's despicable.”
“Leaders have followers. The primary role of a leader is to convey to those followers a sense of purpose, vision, and mission.”
More on Wisdom
“I'd like to be remembered for being a good, kind, loving, gentle man who attempted to live wisely, and who cared a lot.”
“Democracy disciplined and enlightened is the finest thing in the world. A democracy prejudiced, ignorant, superstitious, will land itself in chaos and may be self-destroyed.”
“Buy land, they're not making it anymore.”
More on Judgment
“One sees qualities at a distance and defects at close range.”
“You cannot judge any man beyond your knowledge of him, and how small is your knowledge.”
“Where any one body of educated men, of whatever denomination, are condemned indiscriminately, there must be a deficiency of information, or...of something else.”