"When it is not in our power to follow what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable."

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"When it is not in our power to follow what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable."

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"The Librarians control the information... They control what gets read, what gets seen, and what gets learned. Because of that they have power."

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"Money, Gun and Lie can solve almost all the problems."

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"We must dilute and disperse all forms of concentrated power that refuse to be accountable to majority wishes."

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"The first precept was never to accept a thing as true until I knew it as such without a single doubt."

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