“Opinions cannot survive if one has no chance to fight for them.”
Thomas Mann book The Magic Mountain
Source: The Magic Mountain (1924), Ch. 6
The Critic as Artist (1891), Part I
“Opinions cannot survive if one has no chance to fight for them.”
Thomas Mann book The Magic Mountain
Source: The Magic Mountain (1924), Ch. 6
“The truth of the matter is that death is a mystery to me. I have no opinion on the subject.”
Oscar Zeta Acosta book Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo
Source: Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo (1972), p. 30.
“Maternity," it has been said, "is a matter of fact, paternity is a matter of opinion.”
Walter Bagehot (1826–1877) British journalist, businessman, and essayist
Ch. 4, Nation Making http://books.google.com/books?id=1ANBAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Maternity+it+has+been+said+is+a+matter+of+fact+paternity+is+a+matter+of+opinion%22&pg=PA122#v=onepage <br class="br"> Physics and Politics https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4350 (1869)
Hung Hsiu-chu (1948) Taiwanese politician
Hung Hsiu-chu (2015) cited in " Chu apologizes over Hung turmoil http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2015/10/14/2003630004" on Taipei Times, 14 October 2015
John Leland (Baptist) (1754–1841) American Baptist minister
The Rights of Conscience Inalienable (1791)
Context: Government has no more to do with the religions opinions of men, than it has with the principles of mathematics. Let every man speak freely without fear, maintain the principles that he believes, worship according to his own faith, either one God, three Gods, no God, or twenty Gods; and let government protect him in so doing, i. e., see that he meets with no personal abuse, or loss of property, from his religious opinions. (p. 184)
Poul Anderson (1926–2001) American science fiction and fantasy writer
Patrick L. McGuire, Her Strong Enchantments Failing (p. 94)
Short fiction, The Book of Poul Anderson (1975)
Ichabod Spencer (1798–1854) American minister
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 163.
Scott Clifton (1984) American television actor, musician, internet personality.
Responding to an interviewer question "if you're such a devout atheist, why are your videos about Christianity? ...Why continuously think about something you've 'allegedly' overcome?" Answers 3 of 5, as Theoretical Bullshit, hosted on YouTube. (06 November 2007) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElQ8lY1KJZU
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888–1975) Indian philosopher and statesman who was the first Vice President and the second President of India
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Jerry Coyne (1949) American biologist
" Do both science and faith produce truth? http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2012/08/11/do-both-science-and-faith-produce-truth/" August 11, 2012