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Originally Posted by MudphudCoug
Should I make posters of these quotes and put them on the bulletin board at church?
"The fundamental cause of trouble in the world today is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt" --Bertrand Russell
"Intolerance is the natural concomitant of strong faith; tolerance grows only when faith loses certainty; certainty is murderous" --Will Durant
"The greatest enemy of truth is very often not the lie -- deliberate, contrived, and dishonest -- but the myth -- persistent, pervasive, and unrealistic" --John F. Kennedy
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The first two are great. To the third I say, "Huh?" Not that myths aren't often an enemy of truth, but he seems to be going a little easy on deliberate lies. I guess chalk it up to the fact he made the statement during the '60's.