Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2023-01-11 Jan 11, 2023There's nothing so absurd that if you repeat it often enough, people will believe it.~ William JamesFinding the occasional straw of truth awash in a great ocean of confusion and bamboozle requires intelligence, vigilance, dedication and courage. But if we don't practice these tough habits of thought, we cannot hope to solve the truly serious problems that face us -- and we risk becoming a nation of suckers, up for grabs by the next charlatan who comes along.~ Carl SaganIn order that all men might be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.~ Dr. Samuel Johnson Jan 10, 2023We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth... For my part, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst; and to provide for it.~ Patrick HenryStrange times are these in which we live when old and young are taught in falsehood's school. And the one man who dares to tell the truth is called at once a lunatic and fool.~ PlatoNothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and consciencious stupidity.~ Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Jan 9, 2023A true party-man hates and despises candour.~ Adam SmithYe shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad.~ Aldous HuxleyThe history of the world is none other than the progress of the consciousness of freedom.~ Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Jan 6, 2023The right to know is like the right to live. It is fundamental and unconditional in its assumption that knowledge, like life, is a desirable thing.~ George Bernard ShawThere is no truth sure enough to justify persecution.~ John MiltonRepublics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them.~ Justice Joseph Story Jan 5, 2023The restriction of knowledge to an elite group destroys the spirit of the society and leads to its intellectual impoverishment.~ Albert EinsteinAll truth passes through 3 stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.~ Arthur SchopenhauerThe uncontested absurdities of today are the accepted slogans of tomorrow.~ Ayn Rand Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print