The significant contribution of empiricism was not the eradication of certainty, but the eradication of infallibility as a criterion of certainty. An… - George H. Smith

A willingness to engage in the give and take of argument displays a commitment to cognitive egalitarianism—the proposition that all people should be treated as intellectual equals, and that no individual can legitimately claim a privileged immunity from the burden of proof.

The leap of faith is a strategic impasse that confronts every Christian in search of converts; and, as he sees the matter, there is no wrong way to become a Christian. It is the end that is important, not the means; it does not matter why you believe, so long as you believe. For the philosopher, in contrast, the paramount issue is the justification of belief, not the fact of belief itself.

Taxes forcibly transfer wealth from producers to legislators, who justify their expropriations under cover of law.