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Fact Quotes (page 16)

The fact disclosed by a survey of the past that majorities have been wrong must not blind us to the complementary fact that majorities have usually not been entirely wrong. Herbert Spencer
I don't need validation, recognition or praise. What I need are facts and the facts are that one of my books gets sold, somewhere in the world, every second. Lee Child
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "Fable is more historical than fact, because fact tells us..."
Fable is more historical than fact, because fact tells us about one man and fable tells us about a million men. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Sonia Sotomayor quote: "We apply law to facts. We don't apply feelings to facts."
We apply law to facts. We don't apply feelings to facts. Sonia Sotomayor
We give you the facts. I told you information is power - knowledge is power. We can't be in an ideological battle to redeem the soul of this country if we don't have the facts. Tavis Smiley
The fact that the talk may be boring or turgid or uninspiring should not cause us to forget the fact that it is preferable to war. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
The quarrel of the sociologists with the historians is that the latter have learned so much about how to do it that they have forgotten what to do. They have become so skilled in finding facts that they have no use for the truths that would make the facts worth finding. Albion W. Small
Advocates of unrestricted abortion do not want the public to focus on these undeniable facts of fetal development, but the facts cannot be ignored. Robert Casey
The fundamental laws of physics do not describe true facts about reality. Rendered as descriptions of facts, they are false; amended to be true, they lose their explanatory force. Nancy Cartwright
The Chinese have certain advantages. The fact that it's a single party government. But I do believe in the long run the fact that India is a functioning democracy committed to the rule of law. Our system is slow to move but I'm confident that once decisions are taken they are going to be far more durable. Manmohan Singh
Bliss Carman quote: "What are facts but compromises? A fact merely marks the point..."
What are facts but compromises? A fact merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease. Bliss Carman
I grow daily to honour facts more and more, and theory less and less. A fact, it seems to me, is a great thing; a sentence printed, if not by God, then at least by the Devil. Thomas Carlyle
Notwithstanding the fact that the most innovative and progressive space we've seen - the Internet - has been the place where intellectual property has been least respected. You know, facts don't get in the way of this ideology. Lawrence Lessig
There are also two kinds of truths: truth of reasoning and truths of fact. Truths of reasoning are necessary and their opposite is impossible; those of fact are contingent and their opposite is possible. Gottfried Leibniz
The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one. George Bernard Shaw

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