"There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting." -- Buddha
"Truth has to be repeated constantly, because Error also is being preached all the time, and not just by a few, but by the multitude. In the Press and Encyclopaedias, in Schools and Universities, everywhere Error holds sway, feeling happy and comfortable in the knowledge of having Majority on its side." Goethe
"I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being, first and foremost, and as such I'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole." - Malcolm X
"Be aware of this truth that the people on this earth could be joyous, if only they would live rationally and if they would contribute mutually to each others' welfare." - Kurt Vonnegut
"Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth." -- Henry David Thoreau
(1817-1862) American author, poet, philosopher, polymath, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, historian, and transcendentalist
"Truth is not determined by majority vote": Doug Gwyn
"An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it" Mohandas Gandhi
"It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself": Thomas Jefferson
"Truth is treason in the empire of lies." - Ron Paul
If you want to know what self-evident truths are read the first two paragraphs of the Declaration of Independence.
"People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite
their own destruction, and anyone who insists on remaining in a state of
innocence long after that innocence is dead turns himself into a
monster" - James Baldwin (1924-1987), Fiction
Writer, Essayist, Social Critic
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