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The fewer the facts, the stronger the opinion. |
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The American people should be made aware of the trend toward monopolization of the great public information vehicles and the concentration of more and more power over public opinion in fewer and fewer hands.- Spiro T. Agnew
In time, she learned to develop her own opinion of the people that she worked for, and she got stronger. Think she is now much stronger. In the beginning she wanted to believe she was strong but sometimes she faltered.
I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That hope always triumphs over experience. That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death.
I would say in just about every investigation we have, there will be differences of opinion, where you have partial facts, as to what those facts mean.
Truthiness is tearing apart our country, and I do not mean the argument over who came up with the word. I do not know whether it's a new thing, but it's certainly a current thing, in that it doesn't seem to matter what facts are. It used to be, everyone was entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts. But that is not the case anymore. Facts matter not at all. Perception is everything.
