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Truth and error6 quotes

Superstition, idolatry, and hypocrisy have ample wages, but truth goes a-begging. — Martin Luther · 1569 It is one thing, to show a man that he is in an error; and another, to put him in possession of truth. — John Locke · 1690 Truth is great and will prevail if left to herself; that she is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error, and has nothing to fear from the conflict unless by human interposition disarmed of her natural weapons, free argument and debate; errors ceasing to be dangerous when it is permitted freely to contradict them. — Thomas Jefferson · 1779 Love truth, but pardon error. — Voltaire · 1738 It is a piece of idle sentimentality that truth, merely as truth, has any inherent power denied to error, of prevailing against the dungeon and the stake. — John Stuart Mill · 1859 There is no error so monstrous that it fails to find defenders among the ablest men. Imagine a congress of eminent celebrities such as More, Bacon, Grotius, Pascal, Cromwell, Bossuet, Montesquieu, Jefferson, Napoleon, Pitt, etc. The results would be an Encyclopedia of Error. — Lord Acton · 1881

Bad ideas1 quote

There is no error so monstrous that it fails to find defenders among the ablest men. Imagine a congress of eminent celebrities such as More, Bacon, Grotius, Pascal, Cromwell, Bossuet, Montesquieu, Jefferson, Napoleon, Pitt, etc. The results would be an Encyclopedia of Error. — Lord Acton · 1881

Power of truth1 quote

Truth is great and will prevail if left to herself; that she is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error, and has nothing to fear from the conflict unless by human interposition disarmed of her natural weapons, free argument and debate; errors ceasing to be dangerous when it is permitted freely to contradict them. — Thomas Jefferson · 1779