“The difficulty comes from this, that Christianity (Christian orthodoxy) is exclusive and that belief in its truth excludes belief in any other truth. It does not absorb; it repulses.” DoeChristianBeliefChristianityDifficultyExclusiveOrthodoxy Author:Andre Gide
“The word 'conservative' is used by the BBC as a portmanteau word of abuse for anyone whose views differ from the insufferable, smug, sanctimonious, naive, guilt-ridden, wet, pink orthodoxy of that sunset home of the third-rate minds of that third-rate decade, the nineteen-sixties.” MindHomeUsedViewsThirdsAbuseGuiltRateConservativeDecadesSunsetWetSixtyNaiveConservatismOrthodoxyNineteenInsufferableSanctimonious Author:Norman Tebbit
“I think one of the lessons of the Depression - and this is something that Franklin Roosevelt demonstrated - was that when orthodoxy fails, then you need to try new things. And he was very willing to try unorthodox approaches when the orthodox approach had shown that it was not adequate.” ThinkingNeedsTryingFailingWillingLessonsApproachOrthodoxNew ThingsAdequateOrthodoxyFranklinUnorthodoxWilling To Try Author:Ben Bernanke