"Partial truths or half-truths are often more insidious than total falsehoods."

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Source : Samuel P. Huntington (2004). “Who are We?: The Challenges to America's National Identity”, p.37, Simon and Schuster

Samuel P. Huntington

#Half Quotes #Insidious Quotes #Partial Truth Quotes

“Don't tell anyone, but on the pagan day of the sun god Ra, I kneel at the foot of an ancient instrument of torture and consume ritualistic symbols of blood and flesh. ...And if any of you care to join me, come to the Harvard chapel on Sunday, kneel beneath the crucifix, and take Holy Communion.”
“Socrates said, "Those who want fewest things are nearest to the gods.”
“I love food and feel that it is something that should be enjoyed. I eat whatever I want. I just don't overeat.”
“Never worry about being obsessive. I like obsessive people. Obsessive people make great art”
“The less I pray, the harder it gets; the more I pray, the better it goes.”
“Men spend their whole lives showing that they're strong and silent. They fight for independence the way women struggle to connect.”
“For, he that expects nothing shall not be disappointed, but he that expects much - if he lives and uses that in hand day by day - shall be full to running over.”
“Colonization was the idea that once slavery ended African-Americans should be encouraged - or required, in some people's view - required to leave the country. It's part of an attitude toward the abolition of slavery which says America should not be a slave society, but it can never be a multiracial society. You can never have free black and white people living together.”

Source : "Eric Foner on the Perennial Relevance of Abraham Lincoln". Interview with Aaron Leonard, historynewsnetwork.org. October 4, 2010.

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