The people who have sufficient passion for the truth to give the truth a chance to prevail, if it runs counter to their bias, are in a minority. How important is this 'minority?' It is difficult to say at this point, for, at the present time their influence on governmental decisions is not perceptible.

Even in times of war, you can see current events in their historical perspective, provided that your passion for the truth prevails over your bias in favor of …

A scientist's aim in a discussion with his colleagues is not to persuade, but to clarify.

I sometimes have the feeling that I have lived through all this before and, in a sense, I have. I was sixteen years old when the first World War broke out, and…

A Government which has decided on embarking on the hazardous and terrible enterprise of war must at the outset present a one-sided case in justification of its…

I have little direct evidence about the atrocities in the Spanish civil war. I know that some were committed by the Republicans, and far more (they are still c…

So far as I can see, all political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their o…