Reason And Free Inquiry Are The Only Effectual

“Although nature commences with reason and ends in experience it is necessary for us to do the opposite, that is to commence with experience and from this to proceed to investigate the reason.”

“It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.”

“No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong.”

“We can never be right, we can only prove we're wrong.”

“If someone can prove me wrong and show me my mistake in any thought or action, I shall gladly change. I seek the truth, which never harmed anyone: the harm is to persist in one's own self-deception and ignorance.”

“To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact.”