Full Idea
Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.
Gist of Idea
Convictions, more than lies, are the great enemy of truth
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Human, All Too Human [1878], 483)
A Reaction
Love this one. Especially in western democracies in the 2020s. If we value truth, we must be fallibilists.
Book Reference
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Human, All Too Human', ed/tr. Faber,Marion [Penguin 1994], p.234