#lief

Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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The belief that recipients of government aid are better off the more we spend on them is remarkably persistent. No matter how many times this central tenet of liberalism gets debunked, like Brett Favre, it just keeps coming back. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#back #belief #better #better off #brett

Um, I have an enormous faith in God. I have an enormous support system that also has that same belief. ↗

— Katey Sagal

#belief #enormous #faith #god #i

A civilization is a heritage of beliefs, customs, and knowledge slowly accumulated in the course of centuries, elements difficult at times to justify by logic, but justifying themselves as paths when they lead somewhere, since they open up for man his inner distance. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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Both now and for always, I intend to hold fast to my belief in the hidden strength of the human spirit. ↗

— Andrei Sakharov

#belief #both #fast #hidden #hold

I confused things with their names: that is belief. ↗

— Jean-Paul Sartre

#confused #i #names #their #things

It is my belief that one's salary is between an individual and the IRS. ↗

— Jessica Savitch

#between #individual #irs #salary

The latest wrinkle is on wrinkles. There is a widespread belief that women can't grow old in television news. ↗

— Jessica Savitch

#grow #latest #news #old #television

But as in all cults, what's central to the Communist Party is the belief system and the elimination of nuance. From there you're very slowly led down the road to fanaticism and mass murder. ↗

— Alexei Sayle

#central #communist #communist party #cults #down

We're going to look awfully stupid if we give income tax relief to people who do not pay income taxes. ↗

— Joe Scarborough

#give #going #income #income tax #income taxes