William A. Henry III (1950–1994) American critic
In Defense of Elitism
Source: Mulayam Singh Yadav Mulayam claims then President S D Sharma knew of Babri demolition http://indianexpress.com/article/india/latest-news/mulayam-claims-then-president-s-d-sharma-knew-of-babri-demolition-2/, Press Trust Of India, The Indian Express, 6 August 2013
William A. Henry III (1950–1994) American critic
In Defense of Elitism
“Truth cannot be brought down, rather the individual must make the effort to ascend to it.”
Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895–1986) Indian spiritual philosopher
1920s, Truth is a Pathless Land (1929)
Context: I maintain that Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect. That is my point of view, and I adhere to that absolutely and unconditionally. Truth, being limitless, unconditioned, unapproachable by any path whatsoever, cannot be organized; nor should any organization be formed to lead or to coerce people along any particular path. If you first understand that, then you will see how impossible it is to organize a belief. A belief is purely an individual matter, and you cannot and must not organize it. If you do, it becomes dead, crystallized; it becomes a creed, a sect, a religion, to be imposed on others. This is what everyone throughout the world is attempting to do. Truth is narrowed down and made a plaything for those who are weak, for those who are only momentarily discontented. Truth cannot be brought down, rather the individual must make the effort to ascend to it. You cannot bring the mountain-top to the valley. If you would attain to the mountain-top you must pass through the valley, climb the steeps, unafraid of the dangerous precipices.
Ehud Barak (1942) Israeli politician and prime minister
During an interview to Channel 10, (May 20, 2016). http://www.timesofisrael.com/livni-pm-picking-liberman-over-yaalon-is-crisis-of-ethics/
Richard Hamming (1915–1998) American mathematician and information theorist
Emphatic capitalization in original.
The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics (1980)
Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone (1907–2001) British judge, politician, life peer and Cabinet minister
"Lord Hailsham speaks out", The Times, 14 June 1963, p. 9.
On the Profumo affair. Interview with Robert McKenzie on "Gallery" for BBC television.
“Of course, I would like to go down in history as the man who brought peace.”
Nguyễn Văn Thiệu (1923–2001) president of South Vietnam from 1965–75
"Thieu Asks an Invasion of North If Paris Peace Negotiations Fail" in The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1973/01/14/archives/thieu-asks-an-invasion-of-north-if-paris-peace-negotiations-fail.html (14 January 1973)
Mahmud of Ghazni (971–1030) Sultan of Ghazni
Somnath (Gujarat) . Tarikh-i-Alfi in Elliot and Dowson, Vol. II : Elliot and Dowson, History of India as told by its own Historians, 8 Volumes, Allahabad Reprint, 1964. p. 471
Quotes from The History of India as told by its own Historians
Solomon (-990–-931 BC) king of Israel and the son of David
Proverbs 19:11, New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
“Who says that Adam didn’t write and hand down writings to Noah who brought them on board the ark?”
Ken Ham (1951) Australian young Earth creationist
As quoted in My Encounter with Ken Ham's Giant Ark http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2016/july-web-only/ken-ham-ark-encounter-visit.html?start=1, Christian Post (July 22, 2016)
