The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell the truth.
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The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.
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To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true!
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