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Last night I was watching a TV program about "great thinker" in the US since revolutionary times. They were talking about why these people were considered so. Just before each commercial they put up a saying that was attributed to one of them but for some reason did not specifically identify the source which I thought was REALLY odd. Two statements caught my attention because I remember hearing them before.

1. "A person who believes in the purity of their argument has none". A famous 18th century statesman
2. "A person who bellieves in the absolute righteousness of his positon does not understand the question". A famous mid 20th century jurist.

My first thought for 1 was Franklin and my second thought for 2 was Beger but i don't know. can anyone help out?
 
wolfman24 said:
Moderators if this is not the right place for this post please move it.

HI

Last night I was watching a TV program about "great thinker" in the US since revolutionary times. They were talking about why these people were considered so. Just before each commercial they put up a saying that was attributed to one of them but for some reason did not specifically identify the source which I thought was REALLY odd. Two statements caught my attention because I remember hearing them before.

1. "A person who believes in the purity of their argument has none". A famous 18th century statesman
2. "A person who bellieves in the absolute righteousness of his positon does not understand the question". A famous mid 20th century jurist.

My first thought for 1 was Franklin and my second thought for 2 was Beger but i don't know. can anyone help out?
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Normally, one can put a quote into Google and come up with who said it. That's not true for either of these. Perhaps they've "modernized" the quote too much. Good luck.
 
MaggieD said:
Normally, one can put a quote into Google and come up with who said it. That's not true for either of these. Perhaps they've "modernized" the quote too much. Good luck.
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As i said I thought it was very wierd. I never saw anyting like it.
 
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