Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.

Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.

'Tis not antiquity, nor author,
That makes truth truth, altho' time's daughter.

'Tis not antiquity, nor author,
That makes truth truth, altho' time's daughter.

Truth crushed to earth shall rise again:
Th' eternal years of God are hers;
But Error, wounded, read more

Truth crushed to earth shall rise again:
Th' eternal years of God are hers;
But Error, wounded, writhes in pain,
And dies among his worshippers.

For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know read more

For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst and provide for it.

The truth, of course, is that a billion falsehoods told a billion times by a billion people are still false.

The truth, of course, is that a billion falsehoods told a billion times by a billion people are still false.

God forbid that Truth should be confined to Mathematical
Demonstration!

God forbid that Truth should be confined to Mathematical
Demonstration!

Three things cannot long be hidden the sun, the moon, and the truth. -Confucious.

Three things cannot long be hidden the sun, the moon, and the truth. -Confucious.

Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now - always.

Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now - always.

There are sadistic scientists who hurry to hunt down errors instead of establishing the truth.

There are sadistic scientists who hurry to hunt down errors instead of establishing the truth.