“If more government is the answer, then it was a really stupid question.”
“Some questions are too stupid to be answered”
“It's the stupid questions that have some of the most surprising and interesting answers. Most people never think to ask the stupid questions.”
“Readiness to answer all questions is the infallible sign of stupidity.”
“The older you get, the more questions you get asked, and the more weary you become of answering the questions and the more elusive the answers--any answer, every answer--seem. --Maureen O'Toople in the short story "Your Question for Author Here”
“Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then, be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question.”