Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave. G. I. Gurdjieff
If you say that you reject violence when it exceeds the limits imposed by the needs of defense, they accuse you of pacifism, without understanding that violence is the whole essence of authoritarianism, just as the repudiation of violence is the whole essence of anarchism. Errico Malatesta
It is not enough for journalists to see themselves as mere messengers without understanding the hidden agendas of the message and the myths that surround it. John Pilger
Popular presentation today is all too often that which puts the mob in a position to talk about something without understanding it. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding. Louis Brandeis
There can be no peace without understanding. Senegalese Proverb