The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is that it is robbing the human race; posterity as read more

The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is that it is robbing the human race; posterity as well as the existing generation; those who dissent from the opinion, still more than those who hold it. If the opinion is right, they are deprived of the opportunity of exchanging error for truth: if wrong, they lose, what is almost as great a benefit, the clearer perception and livelier impression of truth, produced by its collision with error.

Men are only as loyal as their options.

Men are only as loyal as their options.

It requires ages to destroy a popular opinion

It requires ages to destroy a popular opinion

One can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one

One can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one

One often contradicts an opinion when what is uncongenial is really the tone in which it was conveyed.

One often contradicts an opinion when what is uncongenial is really the tone in which it was conveyed.

Opinions have vested interests just as men have.

Opinions have vested interests just as men have.

We must always think about things, and we must think about things as they are, not as they are said read more

We must always think about things, and we must think about things as they are, not as they are said to be.

One accurate measurement is worth a thousand expert opinions.

One accurate measurement is worth a thousand expert opinions.

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.