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“If we are uncritical we shall always find what we want: we shall look for, and find, confirmations, and we shall look away from, and not see, whatever might be dangerous to our pet theories. In this way it is only too easy to obtain what appears to be overwhelming evidence in favor of a theory which, if approached critically, would have been refuted.”

Ifs Way Want Looks Has Beens Might Easy Dangerous Theory Evidence Favors Pet Overwhelming Confirmation Refutation

Book:The Poverty of Historicism

Source: The Poverty of Historicism

“The suppression of inner patterns in favor of patterns created by society is dangerous to us.”

Society Dangerous Patterns Favors Conformity Suppression

Author:Anais Nin

“We are so placid that the smallest tremor of objection to anything at all is taken as a full-scale revolution. Should any soul speak up in favor of the obvious, it is taken as a symptom of the influence of the left, the right, the pink, the black, the dangerous. An idea for its own sake - especially an obvious idea - has no respectability.”

Should Ideas Soul Left Speak Black Taken Influence Dangerous Revolution Sake Obvious Favors Scales Smallest Symptoms Objections Respectability Placid

Book:Art & ardor: essays

Source: Art & ardor: essays

“I think it's already apparent that a good part of this Nation understands - if only instinctively - that anything which seems to suggest that God favors a political party or the establishment of a state church, is wrong and dangerous.”

Ifs Thinking States Seems Political Nations Church Party Dangerous Favors Establishment Political Parties

Book:Public Papers of Governor Mario M. Cuomo, 1984

Source: Public Papers of Governor Mario M. Cuomo, 1984