Daniel Patrick Moynihan on facts

The central conservative truth is that it is culture, not politics, that determines the success of a society. The central liberal truth is that politics can change a culture and save it from itself.

The main part of intellectual education is not the acquisition of facts but learning how to make facts live.

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.1841–1935

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If the facts don’t fit the theory, change the facts.

Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.

Mark Twain1835–1910