Opinion
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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness of the reasoning powers, but by preconceived opinion, by prejudice.
Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law. If it goes past the centre of gravity on one side, it must go a like distance on the other; and it is only after a certain time that it finds the true point at which it can remain at rest.
Men, women, and children who cannot live on gravity alone need something to satisfy their gayer, lighter moods and hours, and he who ministers to this want is, in my opinion, in a business established by the Creator of our nature. If he worthily fulfills his mission and amuses without corrupting, he need never feel that he has lived in vain.
In my opinion eight years as president is enough and sometimes too much for any man to serve in that capacity.
Loyalty to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul.
In my opinion, faith helps in many contexts.
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