"Mistakes can be corrected by those who..." - Quote by Thomas Sowell
Mistakes can be corrected by those who pay attention to facts but dogmatism will not be corrected by those who are wedded to a vision.
More by Thomas Sowell
“Capitalism is not an 'ism.' It is closer to being the opposite of an 'ism,' because it is simply the freedom of ordinary people to make whatever economic transactions they can mutually agree to.”
“It is amazing how many people act as if the right to free speech includes the right to be free of criticism for what you say - which means that other people should not have the same right to free speech that they claim for themselves.”
“One of the many disservices done to young people by our schools and colleges is giving them the puffed up notion that they are in a position to pass sweeping judgments on a world that they have barely begun to experience.”
More on Truth
“Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.”
“An honest tale speeds best being plainly told.”
“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.”
More on Facts
“There are folks who will equivocate. They'll say, 'You know, I'm not a scientist.' Well, I'm not either. But the best scientists in the world know that climate change is happening.”
“No sane man objects to palpable lies about him; what he objects to is damaging facts.”
“There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure the truth.”