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Dogma not only blinds its protagonist, but it muzzles all other opposition.


Maajid Nawaz

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JEFFREY FRY Every dogma has its day.
ANTHONY BURGESS Every dogma has its day.
ABRAHAM ROTSTEIN Love blinds us to faults, but hatred blinds us to virtues.
IBA EZRA They said it was all right - Col. Pappas had authorized the use of dogs as long as they wore muzzles...
FREDERICK II They said it was all right _ Col. Pappas had authorized the use of dogs as long as they wore muzzles...
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FREDERICK II In truth, there are only two kinds of people; those who accept dogma and know it, and those who acce...
G.K. CHESTERTON You may face opposition not only because you are doing something wrong, but because you are doing so...
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SAMUEL BUTLER For too long these two concepts have been put in opposition to each other, but that is just not true...
JUDITH KILDOW I am not proud, but I am happy; and happiness blinds, I think, more than pride.
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F.W.J. SCHELLING A living cell requires energy not only for all its functions, but also for the maintenance of its st...
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G. K. CHESTERTON Faith is not Hope inside Dogma but Alignment with Truth Inside Living
BRIANNA KLOUTSE I am not here to give you a dogma. A dogma makes one certain.
BHAGWAN SHREE RAJNEESH All criticism is opposition. All opposition is counter-revolutionary.
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ANON. I see ourselves in the opposition, not in the coalition.
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ROBERT M. LA FOLLETTE I want to tell few things, I like the truth in all faces. why??
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CASSANDRA CLARE Acceptance Is The Most Happiest Thing Than Expectation
BHARATH RAO KADAM We keep things piled up inside, even the harshest response seems appropriate.
NCIS As a consequence, the ACCC proposes to withdraw its opposition to the acquisition.
GRAEME SAMUEL The Bible is literature, not dogma.
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JOHN C. MAXWELL The man or woman that believes their success soley rests on their actions is sorely mistaken.
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CHUCK D Elinor agreed to it all, for she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition.
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