“Each person should display her own particular gifts for study. For no one is safe who strives beyond her abilities; and thus it is safer to trust in reason than in men’s opinions.” MenShouldPersonsReasonAbilityOpinionStudyParticularSafeStriveDisplayStrife Book:Collected Letters of a Renaissance Feminist Source: Collected Letters of a Renaissance Feminist
“We should listen less to the opinions of those who either overtly promote or stubbornly reject complementary and alternative medicine without acceptable evidence. The many patients who use complementary and alternative medicine deserve better. Patients and healthcare providers need to know which forms are safe and effective. Its future should (and hopefully will) be determined by unbiased scientific evaluation.” KnowsNeedsShouldUsePainFormOpinionSafeEvidenceDeserveMedicinePatientDeterminedHopefullyAlternativesTherapyInjuryRejectsHealthcareAcceptableEvaluationProvidersComplementaryAlternative MedicineUnbiasedDeserve Better Author:Edzard Ernst
“I barely trust established sources of information. I have a hard time finding [Wikipedia], an encyclopedia that anyone can alter, to be a safe way to learn about anything except how many idiots think their opinions are a suitable substitute for facts.” ThinkingWayHardFactsOpinionInformationSourceSafeFindingsIdiotHard TimesSubstitutesSuitableWikipediaEncyclopedia Author:R. K. Milholland
“We say that if America has entered the war to make the world safe for democracy, she must first make democracy safe in America. How else is the world to take America seriously, when democracy at home is daily being outraged, free speech suppressed, peaceable assemblies broken up by overbearing and brutal gangsters in uniform; when free press is curtailed and every independent opinion gagged? Verily, poor as we are in democracy, how can we give of it to the world?” IfsWorldGivingFirstsWarHomeAmericaPoorOpinionDemocracyBrokenSafeSpeechIndependentPressesFree SpeechBrutalUniformsAssemblyGangstersOutragedBroken UpFree PressOverbearing Author:Emma Goldman