Quotes by Errors Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against error. Thomas Jefferson enquiryinquiryerrors Accepting trial and error means accepting error. It means taking problems in our stride when a decision doesn't work out, whether through luck or misjudgment. And that is not something human brains seem to be able to do without a struggle. Tim Harford errorsstrugglemean I think it is a great error to consider a heavy tax on wines as a tax on luxury. On the contrary, it is a tax on the health of our citizens. Thomas Jefferson errorswinethinking Certainly no valid answer is ever gained by excluding any factors of the problem; that was the Puritans' error. Tim Powers errorsproblemanswers Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against error... They are the natural enemies of error, and of error only... If [free enquiry] be restrained now, the present corruptions will be protected, and new ones encouraged. Thomas Jefferson errorspoliticaltruth What has been the effect of coercion? To make one half the world fools, and the other half hypocrites. To support roguery and error all over the earth.... [Instead] reason and persuasion are the only practicable instruments. To make way for these, free enquiry must be indulged; and how can we wish others to indulge it while we refuse it ourselves? Thomas Jefferson supporterrorshypocrite You know, the very strength of science is that it keeps us from the errors of mythos, from getting committed to a set of memes that we adopt because of congruence with what we think we know. Science demands skepticism. Tim Ward demanderrorsthinking I was dupedby the Secretary of the treasury [Alexander Hamilton], and made a fool for forwarding his schemes, not then sufficiently understood by me; and of all the errors of my political life, this has occasioned the deepest regret. Thomas Jefferson errorsregretpolitical Do not be too severe upon the errors of the people, but reclaim them by enlightening them. Thomas Jefferson revolutionerrorspeople Every man has a commission to admonish, exhort, convince another of error. Thomas Jefferson errorspoliticsmen Error indeed has often prevailed by the assistance of power or force. Truth is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error. Thomas Jefferson truth-iserrorspolitics Truth is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error, and has nothing to fear from the conflict, unless, by human interposition, disarmed of her natural weapons, free argument and debate; errors ceasing to be dangerous when it is permitted freely to contradict them. Thomas Jefferson errorspoliticsweapons It is unfortunate that the efforts of mankind to recover the freedom of which they have been so long deprived, will be accompanied with violence, with errors, and even with crimes. But while we weep over the means, we must pray for the end. Thomas Jefferson errorslongmean Up until the late unpleasantness of the Civil war, then, the right of secession was more or less taken for granted in many quarters, and there has never been any amendment or even a Supreme Court decision saying it's improper. - Samual Francis, Secession May Be Legal But Not Expedient, Conservative Chronicles Thomas Jefferson errorstakenwar I mean, I've had bartenders and waiters and waitresses make a comment about a joke of mine, like pointing out some sort of logic error or something that I've never even thought about, and they're right. Todd Barry logicerrorsmean Error is to be pitied and pardoned: it is the weakness of human nature. But vice is a foul blemish, not pardonable in any character. Thomas Jefferson weaknesserrorscharacter I am persuaded myself that the good sense of the people will always be found to be the best army. They may be led astray for a moment, but will soon correct themselves. The people are the only censors of their governors; and even their errors will tend to keep these to the true principles of their institution. Thomas Jefferson errorsarmypeople At the source of every error which is blamed on the computer, you will find at least two human errors, one of which is the error of blaming it on the computer. Tom Gilb learningerrorstwo As much as you love to finish games and all that kind of stuff, at the same time as a starting pitcher you hate to come out of a game where your closer has no margin for error, ... So at least with one guy on, Braden's got a little margin to make a mistake. Tom Glavine errorshatemistake I never thought of myself as an impressionist, so when I do audition for voice-matching things, I have to work really hard and do a lot of listening and trial-and-error. Tom Kenny errorsvoicelistening«8081828384858687888990»
