If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little hope of advance.

Orville Wright

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Topic

Credulity Doubt and skepticism

Author

Orville Wright

Source

Letters of Orville Wright

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1908 1900s 20th century

Occupation

Inventor Aviator

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Wright, Orville. "Orville Wright to George A. Spratt, Dayton, Ohio, June 7, 1908." Miracle at Kitty Hawk: The Letters of Wilbur and Orville Wright, edited by Fred. C. Kelly. Da Capo Press, 2002. Originally a letter to George A. Spratt. 7 June 1908.

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Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

George Bernard Shaw

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Topic
Assassination Censorship

Author

George Bernard Shaw
Source
The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet
Medium
Play
Genre
Comedy (play)
Language
English
Time
1909 1900s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Shaw, George Bernard. The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet: A Sermon in Crude Melodrama. 10 Apr. 1909, Abby Theatre of Dublin, Liverpool, England, UK, pt. 1.

Current Citation

Shaw, George Bernard. "The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet." Playlets. Oxford University Press, 2021, pt. 1.