Quote by Thomas Paine
It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry. - Thom

It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry. – Thomas Paine

Other quotes by Thomas Paine

He who is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell and opens a vein that bleeds a nation to death. – Thomas Paine

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It is possible to be a master in false philosophy, easier, in fact, than to be a master in the truth, because a false philosophy can be made as simple and consistent as one pleases. – George Santayana

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Gradually I came to realize that people will more readily swallow lies than truth, as if the taste of lies was homey, appetizing: a habit. – Martha Gellhorn

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Dispassionate objectivity is itself a passion, for the real and for the truth. – Abraham Maslow

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Tell the children the truth. – Bob Marley

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The medicalization of early diagnosis not only hampers and discourages preventative health-care but it also trains the patient-to-be to function in the meantime as an acolyte to his doctor. He learns to depend on the physician in sickness and in health. He turns into a life-long patient. – Ivan Illich

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