The great enemy of truth is very often not the lie--deliberate, contrived and dishonest--but the myth--persistent, persuasive and unrealistic. Too often we hold fast to the cliches of our forebears. We subject all facts to a prefabricated set of interpretations. We enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

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"Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country."

- John F. Kennedy

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"Change is the law of life, and those who look only to the past and present are certain to miss the future"

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