They were idolized and treated as leaders; their opinions were sought on everything and they took themselves just as seriously after all, if an athlete is paid a million or more a year, he knows he is important so his opinions of foreign affairs and domestic policies must be important, too, even though he proves himself to be both ignorant and subliterate every time he opens his mouth. (Most of his fans were just as ignorant and unlettered; the disease was spreading.)
― Robert A. Heinlein, To Sail Beyond the Sunset
GREAT QUOTE (never heard it). Please insert when appropriate as there are new FReedom lovers coming here all the time. Thanks, Gramps.