Fran Lebowitz

"The terrible state of public education has paid huge dividends in ignorance. Huge. We now have a country that can be told blatant lies - easily checkable, blatant lies - and I'm not talking about the covert workings of the CIA. When we have a terrorist attack, on September 11, 2001 with 19 men - 15 of them are Saudis - and five minutes later the whole country thinks they're from Iraq - how can you have faith in the public? This is an easily checkable fact. The whole country is like the O.J. Simpson jurors."

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Source: Ruminator Magazine, August/September 2005.

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Fran Lebowitz

Fran Lebowitz

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Fran Lebowitz is a prominent American author and social commentator known for her incisive critiques of culture and society, particularly in New York City.

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