I mean, you could claim that anything's real if the only basis for believing in it is that nobody's proved it doesn't exist!
I dare saying that in regard of protecting us from Corona, a mask that may be uncomfortable is way more effective than a tin foil hat.
Frank-Walter Steinmeier (as President of Germany) - May 2020
1There's a lot of money to be made in scaring people.
Conspiracy theory's got to be simple. Sense doesn't come into it. People are more scared of how complicated shit actually is than they ever are about whatever's supposed to be behind the conspiracy.
William Gibson in The Peripheral - Book
What cannot be known hollows the mind. Fill it not with guesswork.
Galadriel in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power - Season 1 Episode 7
Most were conspiracy nuts, the kind who think Elvis and Jimi Hendrix are jamming on some island off Fiji.
The fact that a great many people believe something is no guarantee of its truth.
It'd be great if most opinions would take root in facts.
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Opinions don't affect facts. But facts should affect opinions, and do if you're rational.
Part-time information and full-time opinions can be very dangerous.
There is no such thing as "truth" or "lies" in this world; there never has been. There are only plain, hard facts. And yet, all beings who exist in this world acknowledge only those "facts" that are convenient to them, and take them to be the "truth".
All the courage in the world cannot alter fact.
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When did fact checking and journalism go their separate ways?
Journalism should be more like science. As far as possible, facts should be verifiable. If journalists want long-term credibility for their profession, they have to go in that direction. Have more respect for readers.
We all know, of course, what to make of our newspapers. The deaf man writes down what the blind man has told him, the village idiot edits it, and their colleagues in the other press houses copy it.
Fake news travel quick and far.
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April 1st - The only day of the year where people question the stuff they read on the internet.
You can't call someone a fraud, a liar, and a fake and hide under the First Amendment.
Whenever the government of the United States shall break up, it will probably be in consequence of a false direction having been given to public opinion.
Men must be free to do what they believe. It is not our right to punish one for thinking what they do, no matter how much we disagree.
There are two kinds of fools: those who can't change their opinions and those who won't.
Lies are comforting. Truth is painful.
Ron: "One person couldn't feel all that. They'd explode."
Hermione: "Just because you've got the emotional range of a teaspoon doesn't mean we all have!"
Hermione: "Just because you've got the emotional range of a teaspoon doesn't mean we all have!"
Dumbledore watched her fly away, and as her silvery glow faded he turned back to Snape, and his eyes were full of tears. "After all this time?"
"Always", said Snape.
"Always", said Snape.
Who's the more foolish? The fool or the fool who follows him?
It's our "white" responsibility to make sure people who speak out about racism are safe at all times. This means ending structural racism in our societies, authorities and media.
When man tries to imagine Paradise on earth, the immediate result is a very respectable Hell.
With clear language and undaunted diplomacy, he has significantly shaped the United States of America and post-war global politics.
Frank-Walter Steinmeier - December 2023
Now, more than any time in our history, we will be judged by our capacity for compassion. Our ability to come through this, won't just be down to what government or businesses do, but by the individual acts of kindness that we show each other.
Rishi Sunak - March 2020
Crazy times we're living in. I used to cough to hide a fart, now I'm farting to hide a cough.
A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.
I don't have time for your convenient ignorance.
You don't tell me where that other bomb is, and I'll make sure you spend your prison time on your bigoted hands and knees putting a big smile on some convict's face.
Admitting your fears is the first and most difficult step in overcoming them.
Flynne: "None of them managed to grow up, far as I can tell."
Ella: "Not many do, in my experience."
Ella: "Not many do, in my experience."
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Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.
Where there is love, it is never truly dark.
Elrond in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power - Season 1 Episode 2
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