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New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common.
New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common.
It requires ages to destroy a popular opinion
It requires ages to destroy a popular opinion
If a man is in a minority of one, we lock him up.
If a man is in a minority of one, we lock him up.
For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change read more
For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions, even on important subjects, which I once thought right but found to be otherwise.
Make sure you have a different opinion and people will talk about you
Make sure you have a different opinion and people will talk about you
Desperate courage makes One a majority.
Desperate courage makes One a majority.
Minorities are the stars of the firmament; majorities, the darkness in which they float.
Minorities are the stars of the firmament; majorities, the darkness in which they float.
Opinions have vested interests just as men have.
Opinions have vested interests just as men have.
Men are only as loyal as their options.
Men are only as loyal as their options.
