Anonymous Quotes

A liberal is a man who's too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel.

Being unbiased is a lot like being humble: as soon as you think you are, you aren’t. Neither are a finite state of being but a continuous struggle to not allow our perspectives poison our opinions.

I wish at all events to retain at all times a judicial habit of not condemning a thing utterly until I have heard what is to be said for it.

People are so conditioned to take sides that a balanced analysis looks to them like hatred.

Professionally and personally, I try to be as agnostic as possible, try to see things as objectively as possible.

I don't really have that many judgements on things, or crazy statements that I feel like I have to put across.

When we can see things as they are, without projecting our mental models and fears, we are being objective. When we can understand and consider another person's point of view, we are being objective.

A liberal is a person whose interests aren’t at stake at the moment

If you have empathy for both sides, then that's the same as having no empathy at all.

I'm not going to do opinion. That's not who I am.

We are not sure we are right until we have made the best case possible for those who are wrong.

Take no thought of who is right or wrong or who is better than. Be not for or against.

In the hands of good writers, you have the opportunity to present both sides of an opinion equally and that you leave it to the audience to listen and then make up their own minds.

Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.

I think the biggest mistake I made was this wretched ability to see both sides of an argument.

I don't think there's any reason in journalism not to approach stories we cover with humility, empathy, compassion, and intellectual openness. I mean, I think those are just important human traits. I don't think that precludes scrutiny, negativity, where it's appropriate.

I like to think that I'm nonjudgmental, that I can listen and be engaged by almost anything.

Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated.

I'm just observing. I don't ever want people to think I'm preaching at them or wearing them out.

I don't comment on other people's opinion.

Gray means being open-minded. I always look at the world that way; I'm able to hear both sides of an argument. I don't listen to opera, but I don't think it's good or bad; it's just its own thing. I can completely appreciate it.

Maine people have a live-and-let-live philosophy, and tend to be fair and open-minded.

The novelist must look on humanity without partiality or prejudice. His sympathy, like that of the historian, must be unbounded, and untainted by sect or party.

Be able to recognize when you're reading or hearing material biased to your own side.

I am not a rabid partisan.