#tru

Ironically, tendency to ignore inconvenient facts and unwelcome evidence is actually President Reagan's true legacy, as I noted in 'The Nation' back in 2000, before the current right-wing mania for President Reagan gained its full force. ↗

— Eric Alterman

#back #before #current #evidence #facts

The ability of the 1 percent to buy politicians and regulators is nothing new in American politics - just as inequality has been a permanent part of our economic system. This is true of virtually all political and economic systems. ↗

— Eric Alterman

#american #american politics #been #buy #economic

Nevertheless, as is a frequent occurrence in science, a general hypothesis was constructed from a few specific instances of a phenomenon. ↗

— Sidney Altman

#few #frequent #general #hypothesis #instances

Almost everything Truman did in foreign affairs I approve of. ↗

— Stephen Ambrose

#almost #approve #did #everything #foreign

For two years living in a neutral country I have been able to see through the haze of propaganda to reach something which my conscience tells me is the truth. ↗

— John Amery

#been #conscience #country #haze #i

Deciding whether to trust or credit a person is always an uncertain task. ↗

— Aldrich Ames

#credit #deciding #person #task #trust

Let's say a Soviet exchange student back in the '70s would go back and tell the KGB about people and places and things that he'd seen and done and been involved with. This is not really espionage; there's no betrayal of trust. ↗

— Aldrich Ames

#back #been #betrayal #done #espionage

Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence. ↗

— Henri Frederic Amiel

#falsehood #may #only #outraged #silence

Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.' ↗

— Khalil Gibran

#i #rather #say #truth

All share complicity in the destruction of that much under-rated phenomenon called liberty. ↗

— Barbara Amiel

#complicity #destruction #liberty #much #phenomenon