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One can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one
One can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one
We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe.
We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe.
If you want to know your true opinion of someone, watch the effect produced in you by the first sight read more
If you want to know your true opinion of someone, watch the effect produced in you by the first sight of a letter from him.
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.
Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.
Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.
One accurate measurement is worth a thousand expert opinions.
One accurate measurement is worth a thousand expert opinions.
The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is that it is robbing the human race; posterity as read more
The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is that it is robbing the human race; posterity as well as the existing generation; those who dissent from the opinion, still more than those who hold it. If the opinion is right, they are deprived of the opportunity of exchanging error for truth: if wrong, they lose, what is almost as great a benefit, the clearer perception and livelier impression of truth, produced by its collision with error.
I have opinions of my own - strong opinions - but I don't always agree with them
I have opinions of my own - strong opinions - but I don't always agree with them
The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.
The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.
