Allowing Quote by John Stuart Mill

“I wish to propose a doctrine which may, I fear, appear wildly paradoxical and subversive. The doctrine in question is this: that it is…

— Bertrand Russell

My doctrine is as I've described, which is confidence in our cause, clarity in our purpose, and resolve in our might.

— Mitt Romney

Complete liberty of contradicting and disproving our opinion, is the very condition which justifies us in assuming its truth for purposes of action.

— John Stuart Mill

if any opinion is compelled to silence, that opinion may, for aught we can certainly know, be true. To deny this is to assume…

— John Stuart Mill

This doctrine ['that the condition of man cannot be ameliorated, that what has been must ever be, and that to secure ourselves where we…

— Thomas Jefferson

“[For people] 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

I wish to propose for the reader's favourable consideration a doctrine which may, I fear, appear wildly paradoxical and subversive. The doctrine in question…

— Bertrand Russell

When a person is determined to believe something, the very absurdity of the doctrine confirms them in their faith.

— Junius

“Ironically, the insistence that doctrines do not matter is really a doctrine itself. It holds a specific view of God, which is touted as…

— Timothy Keller

If there is one great power, and the great power has taken upon itself the right to preempt and is choosing for itself when…

— John Lewis Gaddis

“We very often express in a categorical form a judgment of which we do not feel assured, we even lay stress on its absolute…

— Lev Shestov

“First, if any opinion is compelled to silence, that opinion may, for aught we can certainly know, be true. To deny this is to…

— John Stuart Mill