Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [1-6] of 6 Error quotesError QuotesError The main thing is to have a soul that loves the truth and harbours it where he finds it. And another thing: truth requires constant repetition, because error is being preached about us all the time, and not only by isolated individuals but by the masses. In the newspapers and encyclopedias, in schools and universities, everywhere error rides high and basks in the consciousness of having the majority on its side.~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Error of opinion may be tolerated when reason is left free to combat it.~ Thomas Jefferson It is unfortunate, that the efforts of mankind to recover the freedom of which they have been so long deprived, will be accompanied with violence, with errors, & even with crimes. But while we weep over the means, we must pray for the end.~ Thomas Jefferson The masses have never thirsted after truth. They turn aside from evidence that is not to their taste, preferring to deify error, if error seduce them. Whoever can supply them with illusions is easily their master; whoever attempts to destroy their illusions is always their victim.~ Gustave Le Bon Every major horror of history was committed in the name of an altruistic motive.~ Ayn Rand Whenever there is a simple error that most laymen fall for, there is always a slightly more sophisticated version of the same problem that experts fall for.~ Amos Tversky Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print