Hillary Clinton Quotes

Political thinking consists in deciding upon the conclusion first and then finding good arguments for it. An open mind is considered irresponsible.

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already do.

Those indoctrinated by leftist thinking become largely incapable of making accurate moral judgments.

When everyone thinks alike, no one is thinking clearly.

The public knows that human beings are fallible. Only people blinded by ideology fall into the trap of believing in their own infallibility.

The longer you hold a belief, the less likely it is to be true.

We tend to believe our own propaganda a little too completely.

If any expert or scientist reaches a conclusion or espouses a view that departs from the ideologue’s world view, it is the expert that he examines carefully and not his ideology.

To assume that someone's views are invariably influenced or shaped by his or her partner is lazy. It is an intellectual crutch we grope for when we do not have an effective counter to someone's argument.

I live in Realville, and my problem is that I'm governed by logic. And some of the claims that are made by people on the left just don't hold up.

I became a sceptic of one way of seeing the world. And I think it is what started me in my awareness that any worldview is superstitious.

An idea isn't responsible for the people who believe in it.

My point is that perceptual bias can affect nut jobs and scientists alike. If we hold too rigidly to what we think we know, we ignore or avoid evidence of anything that might change our mind.

My libertarian beliefs have not always served me well. Like most people who hold strong ideological convictions, I find that, too often, my beliefs trump the scientific facts.

Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think you are facing a contradiction, check your premises. You will find that one of them is wrong.

If two men agree on everything, you may be sure that one of them is doing the thinking.

Most men, when they think they are thinking, are merely rearranging their prejudices.

A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.

One of the things that really drove me crazy was the way in which college kids, in particular, are educated to think that ideology is dangerous and bad.

A lot of people don't give much thought to what they believe, and it's easy for them to hold what often are two conflicting ideas in their head at the same time.

The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best - and therefore never scrutinize or question.

Where all think alike, none thinks very much.

Values are faithfully applied to the facts before us, while ideology overrides whatever facts call theory into question.

Who wants to hear that he is wrong when he can be told that he is right? …. We are losing the ability to change our mind because of our media.

… people reject the validity of a scientific source because its conclusion contradicted their deeply held views.