Abhijit Banerjee
Abhijit Banerjee

One problem with globalisation is that bad ideas seem to travel faster than good ones; first there was smearing tomato ketchup on everything; then drinking sugar-soaked cocktails ('Cosmo'-politanism) instead of our traditional whisky soda, and now this idea that we should abandon the poor to their fate in order to protect their dignity.

Alfred Whitney Griswold
Alfred Whitney Griswold

The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas.

Alfred Whitney Griswold
Alfred Whitney Griswold

In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas.

Antonin Scalia
Antonin Scalia

I attack ideas. I don't attack people. And some very good people have some very bad ideas. And if you can't separate the two, you gotta get another day job. You don't want to be a judge. At least not a judge on a multi-member panel.

Ben Sasse
Ben Sasse

Democrats have bad ideas and Republicans have no ideas.

Betsy DeVos
Betsy DeVos

Government likes committees... a lot. Committees kill all the really good ideas and generally all the really bad ideas. They produce middle-ground mush.

Charles McCarry
Charles McCarry

Usually after finishing a novel, I have a head full of bad ideas for the next one.

Christian Audigier
Christian Audigier

Worst ideas? Me? Whatever do you mean? There are no bad ideas.

Dan Crenshaw
Dan Crenshaw

The left is really good at selling bad ideas and the right is really bad at selling good ideas.

Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren

I'm willing to throw my body in front of the bus to stop bad ideas.