No one is innocent after the experience of governing. But not everyone is guilty.
Daniel Patrick MoynihanRead
Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.
Interpretation
Individuals can hold different views, but facts remain constant regardless of personal beliefs.
This quote highlights the distinction between personal opinions and objective facts. While everyone has the right to their own beliefs and interpretations, the underlying truths or facts are universal and not subject to individual interpretation. It serves as a reminder that discourse should be grounded in reality, despite the diversity of personal opinions.
In practice
In a debate about climate change, one might use this quote to emphasize the importance of sticking to scientific facts rather than personal beliefs.
No one is innocent after the experience of governing. But not everyone is guilty.
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When a person goes to a country and finds their newspapers filled with nothing but good news, he can bet there are good men in jail.
You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts.
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We anticipate a time when the love of truth shall have come up to our love of liberty, and men shall be cordially tolerant and earnest believers both at once.
When I was younger, not being accepted made me enraged, but now, I am not inclined to dismantle my history. If you banish the dragons, you banish the heroes-and we become attached to the heroic strain in our personal history.
It's so easy for propaganda to work, and dissent to be mocked.
All the efforts of the human mind cannot exhaust the essence of a single fly.
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