Questionable Quote from Herbert Spencer 

"There is a principle which is a bar against all information,
which is a proof against all argument, and
which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance --
that principle is condemnation before investigation."

Quote by:
Herbert Spencer
(1820-1903) British author, economist, philosopher
Source:
Often cited as a quote from Social Statics (1850); however, the quote is not in the text: http://oll.libertyfund.org/Texts/LFBooks/Spencer0236/SocialStatics/0331_Bk.html
 
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