1. Quotes
  2. Authors
  3. Hendrik Willem van Loon

Hendrik Willem van Loon Quotes

Hendrik Willem van Loon was a Dutch-American historian, journalist, and children's book author.

✵ 14. January 1882 – 11. March 1944
Hendrik Willem van Loon photo
Hendrik Willem van Loon: 1   quote 0   likes

Hendrik Willem van Loon Quotes

“Any formal attack on ignorance is bound to fail because the masses are always ready to defend their most precious possession - their ignorance.”

Hendrik Willem van Loon

Similar authors

Frits Zernike photo
Frits Zernike 1
Dutch physicist
Hunter S. Thompson photo
Hunter S. Thompson 268
American journalist and author
Jan Tinbergen photo
Jan Tinbergen 21
Dutch economist
Svetlana Alexievich photo
Svetlana Alexievich 8
Belarusian investigative journalist and non-fiction prose w…
Ernest Hemingway photo
Ernest Hemingway 501
American author and journalist
Helen Rowland photo
Helen Rowland 13
American journalist
Jack London photo
Jack London 77
American author, journalist, and social activist
Christopher Morley photo
Christopher Morley 30
American journalist, novelist, essayist and poet
George Orwell photo
George Orwell 473
English author and journalist
Etty Hillesum photo
Etty Hillesum 28
Jewish diarist