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Quote from Herbert Spencer,


"The authoritarian sets up some book, or man, or tradition to establish the truth. The freethinker sets up reason and private judgment to discover the truth... It takes the highest courage to utter unpopular truths."


By:

Herbert Spencer (more quotes by Herbert Spencer or books by/about Herbert Spencer)


(1820-1903) British author, economist, philosopher

Source:

Freedom and Its Fundamentals

Categories:

Courage, Free Thought, Reason, Tradition, Truth

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