A misquotation by Ronald Reagan in a 9 March 1982 speech, reported in Paul F. Boller, Jr., and John George, They Never Said It: A Book of Fake Quotes, Misquotes, & Misleading Attributions (1989), p. 13-14. In fact, Churchill used a very similar line ("To think you can make a man richer by putting on a tax is like a man thinking that he can stand in a bucket and lift himself up by the handle.") several times beginning with a speech at Free Trade Hall, Manchester, 19 February 1904.
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“The human mind is a delusion generator, not a window to trurh.”
Source: God's Debris: A Thought Experiment
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“The best any human can do is to pick a delusion that
helps him get through the day”
Source: God's Debris: A Thought Experiment
“Go on saying, “I am free.” Never mind if the next moment delusion comes and says, “I am bound.””
Dehypnotize the whole thing.
Pearls of Wisdom
Address https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1994-12-06-9412050445-story.html to the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe in Budapest opposing the expansion of NATO (6 December 1994)
1990s
The Infallibility of the Church (London: John Murray, 1888; 4th ed. 1914), p. 111 https://archive.org/stream/a607385500salmuoft#page/n143/mode/2up.