We Believe Whatever We Want To Believe.

There Are All Kinds Of Devices Invented For The Protection And Preservation Of Countries: Defensive Barriers, Forts, Trenches, And The Like... But Prudent Minds Have As A Natural Gift One Safeguard Which Is The Common Possession Of All, And This Applies Especially To The Dealings Of Democracies. What Is This Safeguard? Skepticism. This You Must Preserve. This You Must Retain. If You Can Keep This, You Need Fear No Harm.

Nothing Is So Easy As To Deceive One's Self; For What We Wish, That We Readily Believe; But Such Expectations Are Often Inconsistent With The Real State Of Things.

Clouds Cannot Cover Secret Places, Nor Denials Conceal Truth.

A Man Is His Own Easiest Dupe, For What He Wishes To Be True He Generally Believes To Be True.

Beware Lest In Your Anxiety To Avoid War You Obtain A Master