It is one thing to wish to have truth on our side, and another to wish sincerely to be on the side of truth.
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The word knowledge, strictly employed, implies three things truth, proof, and conviction.Richard Whately
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To follow imperfect, uncertain, or corrupted traditions, in order to avoid erring in our own judgment, is but to exchange one danger for another.
Richard Whately
There is a soul of truth in error; there is a soul of good in evil.
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Honesty is the best policy; but he who is governed by that maxim is not an honest man.
Richard Whately
A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor's.
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But we are not going to stand by and go back to allowing people with preexisting conditions to be discriminated against, go back to the situation where people can be thrown off their insurance simply because they become seriously ill or you can't get on your parents' insurance after the age of 20.
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