"I have heard it remarked that men are not to be reasoned out of an opinion they have not reasoned themselves into."

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Source : Fisher Ames (1809). “Works of Fisher Ames”, p.5

Fisher Ames

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“'By convention there is color, by convention sweetness, by convention bitterness, but in reality there are atoms and the void,' announced Democritus. The universe consists only of atoms and the void; all else is opinion and illusion. If the soul exists, it also consists of atoms.”

Source : Edward Robert Harrison (1986). “Masks of the universe”, Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
“I realized I loved you, and I didn't want to be married to somebody I didn't love. I wanted to be married to you. It isn't all that complicated.”
“Forgiveness is essential to health, growth, and healing.”

Source : Source: www.psychologytoday.com
“When we help one another, everybody wins.”
“Before I was drafted by the Red Sox, I really didn't know that much about them, but in talking to people, they said they weren't known for stealing a lot of bases. It's nice coming to an organization that doesn't necessarily use the run game and still have them give me the green light to steal and use my speed.”
“Granted that I must die, how shall I live?”

Source : Michael Novak (1970). “The Experience of Nothingness”, p.46, Transaction Publishers
“[W]e must extend the authority of the Union to the persons of the citizens - the only proper objects of government.”
“Art is literacy of the heart”

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