Truth Test Quotes

Reason is the test of ridicule, not ridicule the test of truth.

Any general statement is like a check drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

Any system of religion that has anything in it that shocks the mind of a child, cannot be true.

It is an insult to our citizens to question whether they are rational beings or not, and blasphemy against religion to suppose it cannot stand the test of truth and reason.

Tortures are a dangerous invention, and seem to be a test of endurance rather than of truth.

And took for truth the test of ridicule.

The acid test of any truth is found in whether it aids victims in their struggle to overcome victimisation.

I've long ago learned that if an idea will stand on its own, it'll stand having the light shone on it. But if you shine light on it and it kind of withers, then it probably wasn't a very good idea.

All statements are true, if you are free to redefine their terms.

What we believe in is what works.

The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness.

Our test of truth is a reference to either a present or imagined future majority in favour of our view.

If the test of truth lay in a show of hands or a counting of heads, the system of magic might appeal, with far more reason than the Catholic Church, to the proud motto, 'Quod semper, quod ubique, quod ab omnibus' [always, everywhere, and by all], as the sure and certain credential of its own infallibility.

Authoritative interpretations of the First Amendment guarantees have consistently refused to recognize an exception for any test of truth — whether administered by judges, juries, or administrative officials — and especially one that puts the burden of proving truth on the speaker.

In the computer field, the moment of truth is a running program; all else is prophecy.