Critical Thinking

thought many few fear

"But if thought is to become the possession of many, not the privilege of the few, we must have done with fear. It is fear that holds men back — fear lest their cherished beliefs should prove delusions, fear lest the institutions by which they live should prove harmful, fear lest they themselves should prove less worthy of respect than they have supposed themselves to be".

—Bertrand Russell (1872-1970)

evil system obey

"You assist an evil system most effectively by obeying its orders and decrees. An evil system never deserves such allegiance. Allegiance to it means partaking of the evil. A good person will resist an evil system with his or her whole soul."

—Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)

propaganda purpose people forget human

"The propagandist’s purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human".

—Aldous Huxley (1894-1963)

masses people lie big small

"The great masses of the people…will more easily fall victims to a big lie than to a small one."

—Adolf Hitler (1889-1945)

civilized believe doubt

"Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in their readiness to doubt."

—H. L. Mencken (1880-1956)

hastiness superficiality disease press

"Hastiness and superficiality are the psychic diseases of the twentieth century, and more than anywhere else this disease is reflected in the press."

—Alexander Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008)