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New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without an

New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common. – John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

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Never assume the obvious is true. – William Safire, Sleeper Spy

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At the bottom of a good deal of bravery… lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and steel because they cannot face public opinion. – E.H. Chapin

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Habit rules the unreflecting herd. – William Wordsworth, Ecclesiastical Sonnets, 1822

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All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions. – Adlai Stevenson, speech, Princeton, 1954

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