Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having.

Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having.

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.

Anyone who knows a strange fact shares in its singularity.

Anyone who knows a strange fact shares in its singularity.

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.

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.

Facts and truth really don't have much to do with each other.

Facts and truth really don't have much to do with each other.

I deal with the obvious. I present, reiterate and glorify the obvious -- because the obvious is what people need read more

I deal with the obvious. I present, reiterate and glorify the obvious -- because the obvious is what people need to be told.

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

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

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.