The being without an opinion is so painful to human nature that most people will leap to a hasty opinion rather than undergo it.
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Open-mindedness should not be fostered because, as Scripture teaches, Truth is great and will prevail, nor because, as Milton suggests, Truth will always win in a free and open encounter. It should be fostered for its own sake.
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A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life.
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Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to drink other men's thoughts, to speak other men's words, to follow other men's habits.
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