Once upon a time people talked about the infallibility of the pope; today it is that of the merchant which they wish… — Charles Fourier Copy Share Image
Perfection in wisdom, as well as in integrity, is neither required nor expected in these agents (public servants). It belongs not to… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Even the incorruptible are corruptible if they cannot accept the possibility of being mistaken. Infallibility is a sin in any man. All… — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
Among the minor, yet striking characteristics of mathematics, may be mentioned the fleshless and skeletal build of its propositions; the peculiar difficulty,… — Charles Sanders Peirce Copy Share Image
That though we are certain of many things, yet that Certainty is no absolute Infallibility, there still remains the possibility of our… — Joseph Glanvill Copy Share Image
It is not the feeling sure of a doctrine (be it what it may) which I call an assumption of infallibility. It… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
I agree with Thomas Jefferson, who once wrote that he would support the death penalty only when the infallibility of human judgment… — Paul Jacob Copy Share Image
For a pediatrician to attack what has become the "bread and butter" of pediatric practice is equivalent to a priest denying the… — Robert S. Mendelsohn Copy Share Image
Self-righteousness and presumptive moral judgments pose a great danger in the political arena. To become convinced of the divine infallibility of one's… — Jim Wright Copy Share Image
The secret of rulership is to combine a belief in one’s own infallibility with a power to learn from past mistakes. — George Orwell Copy Share Image
if any opinion is compelled to silence, that opinion may, for aught we can certainly know, be true. To deny this is… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Terrorism is not an expression of rage. Terrorism is a political weapon. Remove a government's facade of infallibility, and you remove it's… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
To refuse a hearing to an opinion, because they are sure that it is false, is to assume that their certainty is… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
All the ideals and beliefs you ever had have crashed about your gun-deafened ears - you don't believe in God or them… — Evadne Price Copy Share Image
The dogma of the infallibility of the Bible is no more self-evident than is that of the infallibility of the popes. — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
Every interview with a public figure should include the question "What have you been wrong about, and how did that change your… — Stewart Brand Copy Share Image
Perhaps I had better inform my Protestant readers that the famous Dogma of Papal Infallibility is by far the most modest pretension… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
There are those who ask what authority, what theological qualification, the Council intended to give to its teachings, knowing that it avoided… — Pope Paul VI Copy Share Image
Psychologists have set about describing the true nature of women with a certainty and a sense of their own infallibility rarely found… — Naomi Weisstein Copy Share Image
“Live and act within the limit of your knowledge and keep expanding it to the limit of your life. Redeem your mind… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“When interpreted as infallible, the truth claims of powerful institutions — whether religious or secular — tend to emphasise the fallibility of… — Daniel Waterman Copy Share Image
Isn't the essential pillar of Catholicism papal infallibility? Well, then how can the church ever change its mind about anything unless God… — Dave Foley Copy Share Image
A vast silence reigned over the land. The land itself was a desolation, lifeless, without movement, so lone and cold that the… — Jack London Copy Share Image
