"Too many leaders are reluctant to venture into the discussion, to articulate genuine belief - in an idea, a set of values, or a political project - for fear that they will be punished in the contemporary public sphere. A significant subset of our leaders, elected and otherwise, both teach and are taught that belief itself is the enemy and that a lack of belief in anything, except oneself perhaps, is the most certain path to reward. The result is a culture in which those responsible for making our most consequential decisions - in any number of public domains, including government, industry, and academia - are often unsure of what their own beliefs are, or more fundamentally if they have any firm or authentic beliefs at all."
- From The Technological Republic: Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West by Alexander C. Karp and Nicholas W. Zamiska
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