“To a totalitarian Dictator, an open and inquisitive mind is more dangerous even than a Marine with a rifle.” General James Mattis

This quote by Gen. James Mattis reads: “When I was a young officer in 1979, I toured what was known as “The Killing Fields” in Cambodia. This is the area where the Khmer Rouge killed off nearly a quarter of the Cambodian population, something like 1.9 million people in just a few years. My guide told me that they started by rounding up all of the teachers. They wanted to extinguish free thought, and the spark of questioning and dissent. Because, to a Totalitarian dictator, an open and inquisitive mind is more dangerous even than a Marine with a rifle.”