will forever try to discredit the fact-finders. Daniel Dennett

The Bertrand Russell quote that you offered up, Fenway, is one of my all-time favorites!

And here are a few more that I've stowed away over the years:

Access to power must be confined to those who are not in love with it. Plato

My country is the world and my religion is to do good. Thomas Paine

Idealism increases in direct proportion to ones distance from the problem. John Galsworthy

Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities. Elizabeth Bowen

Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything one learned in school. Einstein

Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength. Hoffer

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action. Goethe

With or without religion, good people can behave well and bad people can do evil; but for good people to do evil—that takes religion. Steven Weinberg

I've got heaps more but these are worth pondering don't ya think?

Peter T.