The people who have sufficient passion for the truth to give the truth a chance to prevail, if it runs counter to their bias, are in a minority. How important is this “minority?” It is difficult to say at this point, for, at the present time their influence on governmental decisions is not perceptible.

Leó Szilárd (1898-1964) Hungarian-American physicist

“Are We on the Road to War?”, speech at Harvard Law School (17 Nov 1961)

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