The civilized man has a moral obligation to be skeptical. . . . Any man who for one moment abandons or suspends the questioning spirit has for that moment betrayed humanity.
BERGEN EVANSThe civilized man has a moral obligation to be skeptical. . . . Any man who for one moment abandons or suspends the questioning spirit has for that moment betrayed humanity.
BERGEN EVANSMany studies have established the fact that there is a high correlation between vocabulary and intelligence and that the ability to increase one’s vocabulary throughout life is a sure reflection of intellectual progress.
BERGEN EVANSFor the most part our leaders are merely following out in front; they [only] marshal us in the way that we are going.
BERGEN EVANSA cultured college president has become as much a rarity as a literate newspaper publisher. A financier interested in economics is as exceptional as a labor leader interested in the labor movement.
BERGEN EVANSFreedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without freedom to think. And there is no freedom of thought without doubt.
BERGEN EVANSStoicism is the wisdom of madness and cynicism the madness of wisdom.
BERGEN EVANSLying is an indispensable part of making life tolerable.
BERGEN EVANSLegislators who are of even average intelligence stand out among their colleagues. . . .
BERGEN EVANSThe civilized man has a moral obligation to be skeptical, to demand the credentials of all statements that claim to be facts.
BERGEN EVANSWisdom is meaningless until your own experience has given it meaning, and there is wisdom in the selection of wisdom.
BERGEN EVANSThe mere abhorrence of vice is not a virtue at all.
BERGEN EVANSAuthors are magpies, echoing each other’s words and seizing avidly on anything that glitters.
BERGEN EVANSThere is wisdom in the selection of wisdom.
BERGEN EVANSFor the most part our leaders are merely following out in front; they do but marshal us the way that we are going.
BERGEN EVANSIt (the dash ) is a comfortable punctuation mark since even the most rigorous critic can seldom claim that any particular example of it is a misuse. Its overuse is its greatest danger, and the writer who can’t resist dashes may be suspected of uncoordinated thinking.
BERGEN EVANSThat is the essence of a witch-hunt, that any questioning of the evidence or the procedures in itself constitutes proof of complicity.
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