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We imagined that the mildness of our government and the wishes of the people were so correspondent that we were not as other nations, requiring brutal force to support the laws. ↗

— Henry Knox

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We all know scientists who in private life do not come up to the standard of truthfulness, but who, nevertheless, would not consciously falsify the results of their researches. ↗

— Franz Boas

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Accuracy of statement is one of the first elements of truth; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood. ↗

— Tryon Edwards

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The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure. ↗

— Bodhidharma

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The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives. ↗

— Albert Einstein

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I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity. ↗

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

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I do not want to drive across a bridge designed by an engineer who believed the numbers in structural stress models are relative truths. ↗

— R.C. Sproul

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Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult. ↗

— George Eliot

#easy #falsehood #truth

Truth has rough flavours if we bite it through. ↗

— George Eliot

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No amount of source-level verification or scrutiny will protect you from using untrusted code. ↗

— Ken Thompson

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