“In the firm belief that the American public deserves a better explanation than that thus far given by the Air Force, I strongly recommend that there be a committee investigation of the UFO phenomena. I think we owe it to the people to establish credibility regarding UFOs, and to produce the greatest possible enlightenment of the subject.” PeopleThinkingBeliefGivenForceAirSubjectsProduceEnlightenmentDeserveAliensFirmExplanationInvestigationCommitteesCredibilityUfoAir ForceExtraterrestrialFlying SaucersFirm BeliefsExtraterrestrial Life Author:Gerald R. Ford
“It is curious to observe the triumph of slight incidents over the mind; and what incredible weight they have in forming and governing our opinions, both of men and things, that trifles light as air shall waft a belief into the soul, and plant it so immovable within it, that Euclid's demonstrations, could they be brought to batter it in breach, should not all have power to overthrow it!” MenShouldMindSoulLightBeliefOpinionAirWeightPlantIncrediblesCuriousTriumphIncidentsDemonstrationGoverningTriflesBreachEuclid Author:Laurence Sterne
“Air Force officials appear to be more concerned with appeasing the powerful Religious Right lobbyists who have argued against any guidelines that seek to respect and protect the rights of all cadets -- not just those adhering to majority religious beliefs.” BeliefForceReligiousPowerfulRightsAirProtectConcernedMajorityOfficialsReligious BeliefAir ForceGuidelinesLobbyistsCadets Author:Barry W. Lynn
“Men are like plants; the goodness and flavor of the fruit proceeds from the peculiar soil and exposition in which they grow. We are nothing but what we derive from the air we breathe, the climate we inhabit, the government we obey, the system of religion we profess, and the nature of our employment.” MenInspirationalGovernmentReligionBeliefGrowsAirGoodnessPlantClimateFruitBreatheEmploymentSoilPeculiarHumankindFlavor Author:J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur
“The suspicion is in the air nowadays that the superiority of one of our formulas to another may not consist so much in its literal 'objectivity,' as in subjective qualities like its usefulness, its 'elegance,' or its congruity with our residual beliefs” MayTruthBeliefQualityAirFormulasSuspicionSuperioritySubjectiveEleganceObjectivityLiteralUsefulnessResidual Book:Pragmatism and Other Writings Source: Pragmatism and Other Writings