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Beating up “intellectuals” is the last refuge of demagogues.

Anthony Lewis (b. 1927) American journalist, political critic, writer
“The Czar’s New Clothes,” New York Times (14 Dec 1989)

Analysts and policy makers alike tend to interpret information to support their own viewpoints.

Dean Rusk (1909-1994) American politician and diplomat
As I Saw It, ch. 35 (1990)

The poorest people in our country today, on the whole, are working every day. But they are earning wages so low that they cannot begin to function in the mainstream of the economic life of our nation. … We have thousands and thousands of people working on full-time jobs, with part-time incomes.

Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968) American clergyman and reformer
“Why We Must Go to Washington” (15 Jan 1968)

Beliefs are what divide people. Doubt unites them.

Peter Ustinov (1921-2004) English actor, author, director
(Attributed)

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.

William James (1842-1910) American psychologist and philosopher
Principles of Psychology, ch. 22 (1890)
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