woolybanana Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 "The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic. Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion, without the discomfort of thought." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just john Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Not the most memorable quote for me, though I do remember how charasmatic he was, and quotes like 'Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country ' and 'All it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing'. I also remember 'Bay of Pigs', and who sang him Happy Birthday, lastly of course his assassination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSKS Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Sadly JFK was not very original:All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing - Edmund Burke (1770) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoddy Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Well the persistence of myth is certainly true. Quite a number of them on a national level are used to beat the English with. More locally they often show the ignorance of the perpetrator.They certainly are very powerful.Hoddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceni Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 [quote user="woolybanana"] "The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic. Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion, without the discomfort of thought." [/quote]Sums up christianity pretty well.John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceni Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 [quote user="just john "] and who sang him Happy Birthday, lastly of course his assassination.[/quote]and hers as well.John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Sorry, error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 [quote user="Iceni"][quote user="woolybanana"] "The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic. Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion, without the discomfort of thought." [/quote]Sums up christianity pretty well.John[/quote]Touché Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just john Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride - JFKonly he didn't say which bike it was . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 "the comfort of opinion, without the discomfort of thought." Isn't that a 'truth' all on it's own? I reckon that that has applied so many times when I have had that most final of announcements made to me which signifies the end of that particular conversation, the marvellous ''pourtant c'est vrai!' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSKS Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 ''"the comfort of opinion, without the discomfort of thought."''Again, a borrowed quote. Thomas Carlyle this time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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