Obviously the facts are never just coming at you but are incorporated by an imagination that is formed by your read more

Obviously the facts are never just coming at you but are incorporated by an imagination that is formed by your previous experience. Memories of the past are not memories of facts but memories of your imaginings of the facts.

Facts have a cruel way of substituting themselves for fancies. There is nothing more remorseless, just as there is nothing read more

Facts have a cruel way of substituting themselves for fancies. There is nothing more remorseless, just as there is nothing more helpful, than truth.

A fact is like a sack --it won't stand up if it's empty. To make it stand up, first you read more

A fact is like a sack --it won't stand up if it's empty. To make it stand up, first you have to put in it all the reasons and feelings that caused it in the first place.

I might show facts as plain as day: but, since your eyes are blind, you'd say, "Where? What?" and turn read more

I might show facts as plain as day: but, since your eyes are blind, you'd say, "Where? What?" and turn away.

It is easier to believe a lie that one has heard a thousand times than to believe a fact that read more

It is easier to believe a lie that one has heard a thousand times than to believe a fact that no one has heard before.

We should keep so close to facts that we never have to remember the second time what we said the read more

We should keep so close to facts that we never have to remember the second time what we said the first time.

Anyone who knows a strange fact shares in its singularity.

Anyone who knows a strange fact shares in its singularity.

Facts don't cease to exist because they are ignored.

Facts don't cease to exist because they are ignored.

All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases read more

All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal laws must protect, and to violate would be oppression.