The conviction that it is important to believe this or that, even if a free inquiry would not support the belief, is one which is common to almost al… - Bertrand Russell

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The conviction that it is important to believe this or that, even if a free inquiry would not support the belief, is one which is common to almost all religions and which inspires all systems of state education. The consequence is that the minds of the young are stunted and are filled with fanatical hostility both to those who have other fanaticisms, and, even more virulently, to those who object to all fanaticisms.