Into this, for good or ill, is woven every belief of every man who ha… — William Kingdon Clifford

Into this, for good or ill, is woven every belief of every man who has speech of his fellows. A awful privilege, and an awful responsibility, that we should help to create the world in which posterity will live.

William Kingdon CliffordMathematician · English · 1845 – 1879

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We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future. — George Bernard Shaw
Entrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United States. — Ronald Reagan
Perhaps it is better to be irresponsible and right, than to be responsible and wrong. — Winston Churchill
When an action is once done, it is right or wrong for ever; no accidental failure of its good or evil fruits can possibly alter that. — William Kingdon Clifford
It is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence. — William Kingdon Clifford
To sum up: it is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence. — William Kingdon Clifford