Acceptance Quote by Frank P. Ramsey

Politics deals with a common-sense approach to the imponderables of history, that I think are obscured by a certain kind of rationalism.

— Reinhold Niebuhr

I've learned over the years that 'rational discussion' accomplishes almost nothing in politics, particularly with people better educated than average.

— Dominic Cummings

Let's be clear: the work of science has nothing whatever to do with consensus which is the business of politics. What is relevant is…

— Timothy R Minnich

History is more interesting than politics.

— Lennart Meri

Politicians have been downplaying the importance of history as a subject in our schools but, if they had bothered to have a better grasp…

— Tony Robinson

Injection of environmental and political perspectives in midstream of the science discussion cannot help the process of inquiry. I believe that persons with relevant…

— James Hansen

The community as a whole doesn't listen patiently to critics who adopt alternative viewpoints. Although the great lesson of history is that knowledge develops…

— Walter Gilbert

“I came to the conclusion that an enormous amount of research was needed to form an opinion on anything, and therefore abandoned politics altogether…

— Philip Larkin

Caution in handling generally accepted opinions that claim to explain whole trends of history is especially important for the historian of modern times, because…

— Hannah Arendt

One one hand, it's important to hear out the other side and try to reason with them using facts. The problem arises when we…

— Ana Kasparian

Scientists disagree among themselves but they never fight over their disagreements. They argue about evidence or go out and seek new evidence. Much the…

— Richard Dawkins

“Politics is a story about the relationship between the past and the future; history is a story about the relationship between the past and…

— Jill Lepore