George F. Kennan, John Culkin, Leonardo Da Vinci

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"The truth is sometimes a poor competitor

in the market place of ideas --

complicated, unsatisfying, full of dilemmas,

always vulnerable to misinterpretation and abuse."

-- George F. Kennan

(1904-2005) American advisor, diplomat, political scientist, and historian

Source: American Diplomacy, 1900-1950 (1951)

http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/G...nnan.Quote.A321

 

 

"We don't know who discovered water,

but we are certain it wasn't a fish."

-- John Culkin

(1928-1993) American media scholar and critic, educator, writer and consultant

http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/J...lkin.Quote.FCB3

 

 

"Beyond a doubt truth bears the same relation

to falsehood as light to darkness."

-- Leonardo Da Vinci

(1452-1519)

http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/L...inci.Quote.4F83