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lunatica

(53,410 posts)
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 05:09 PM Aug 2020

A great timeless quote from 1962 by John F Kennedy

It’s far more relevant now than it was then.

“For the great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie - deliberate, contrived, and dishonest - but the myth - persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic. Too often we hold fast to the clichés of our forebears. We subject all facts to a prefabricated set of interpretations. We enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”

John F. Kennedy, 1962.

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A great timeless quote from 1962 by John F Kennedy (Original Post) lunatica Aug 2020 OP
What a wonderful statement. secondwind Aug 2020 #1
Brings another great thinker to mind - NotANeocon Aug 2020 #2
LOL! lunatica Aug 2020 #3

NotANeocon

(423 posts)
2. Brings another great thinker to mind -
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 06:13 PM
Aug 2020

Samuel Clemens - who reminds us that "Faith is a sincere belief in what you know ain't so"

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