Stupidity is a talent for misconception.

The more stupid one is, the closer one is to reality. The more stupid one is, the clearer one is. Stupidity is brief and artless, while intelligence squirms and hides itself. Intelligence is unprincipled, but stupidity is honest and straightforward.

The stupider one is, the closer one is to reality. The stupider one is, the clearer one is. Stupidity is brief and artless, while intelligence wriggles and hides itself. Intelligence is a knave, but stupidity is honest and straightforward.

Stupidity is an attempt to iron out all differences, and not to use or value them creatively.

stupidity can be as bad as malice

Stupidity is a factor to be reckoned with in human affairs. The true leader always expects to encounter it, and prepares to endure it patiently so long as it is normal stupidity. He knows that his ideas will be distorted, his orders carelessly executed; and that there will be jealousy among his assistants. He takes these inevitable phenomena into account, and instead of attempting to find men without faults, who are non-existent, he tries to make use of the best men at his disposal - as they are, and not as they ought to be.

Given ignorance in the mix, stupidity was at least as common in politics as astute maneuvering;

The will to be stupid is a very powerful force—

Just as the performance of the vilest and most wicked deeds requires spirit and talent, so even the greatest demand a certain insensitivity which under other circumstances we would call stupidity.

No intelligent idea can gain general acceptance unless some stupidity is mixed in with it

When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent.

Translation: Nothing conveys the feeling of infinity as much as stupidity does.

artificial intellegance is no match for natural stupidity

Being stupid means avoiding thinking by jumping to conclusions.