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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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What we call human nature in actuality is human habit. – Jewel Kilcher, Pieces of You

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Custom will reconcile people to any atrocity; and fashion will drive them to acquire any custom. – George Bernard Shaw

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

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Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking. – Alfred North Whitehead

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