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There is virtually no opinion an individual can hold that is so outlandish that he will not find other believers on the Web.
Elizabeth Kolbert (b. 1961) American journalist and author
“The Things People Say,”
The New Yorker (2009-11-02)
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Added on 8-Aug-23 | Last updated 8-Aug-23
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Topics: belief, extremism, fringe, Internet, opinion, web
More quotes by Kolbert, Elizabeth Where religions fail, cults appear.
Daniel Bell (1919–2011) American sociologist, writer, editor, academic
The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism, ch. 4 (1976)
Added on 15-Feb-21 | Last updated 15-Feb-21
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Topics: cult, failure, fringe, institution, rebellion, religion
More quotes by Bell, Daniel About one-fifth of the people are against everything all the time.
Robert Francis Kennedy (1925–1968) American politician
Speech, University of Pennsylvania (6 May 1964)
Added on 29-Sep-14 | Last updated 29-Sep-14
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Topics: fringe, minority, opposition, polls, survey
More quotes by Kennedy, Robert F. People talk about the middle of the road as though it were unacceptable. Actually, all human problems, excepting morals, come into the gray areas. Things are not all black and white. There have to be compromises. The middle of the road is all of the usable surface. The extremes, right and left, are in the gutters.

Dwight David Eisenhower (1890–1969) American general, US President (1953–61)
Interview (1963-11-05) by William Stringer, “Midroad View at Gettysburg,”
Christian Science Monitor
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I cannot find an online copy of the source, but it is cited by the Eisenhower Presidential Library, as well as
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Added on 1-Feb-04 | Last updated 28-Jul-26
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Topics: centrism, compromise, extremism, fringe, gray, gutters, left wing, middle of the road, problem-solving, radical, reactionary, right wing
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