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“To doubt one’s own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.” — Hyman G. Rickover

To doubt one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.

“To doubt one’s own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.” — Hyman G. Rickover, Address delivered to US Naval Post Graduate School (16 March 1954)

Author YahooeyPosted on March 17, 2014June 11, 2016Categories QuotationsTags Admiral Rickover, admit wrong, Hyman G. RickoverLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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It would be easy to forget a misplaced attachment, but that we do not like to acknowledge ourselves in the wrong.

“It would be easy to forget a misplaced attachment, but that we do not like to acknowledge ourselves in the wrong.” — William Hazlitt, “Common Places,” The Literary Examiner

Author YahooeyPosted on April 10, 2013July 7, 2018Categories QuotationsTags admit wrong, common places, ego, The Literary Examiner, William HazlittLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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