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Independent thought Quotes

"The most contrarian thing of all is not to oppose the crowd but to think for yourself"

"It is very nearly impossible to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind"

"The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself."

"I have certain rules I live by. My first rule: I don't believe anything the government tells me."

"The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently"

"Reason obeys itself and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it"

"If everybody is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking"

"I'm personally a moderate and a registered independent, so I'm not strongly Democratic or strongly Republican."

"And this I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world"

"If everyone is thinking alike, then someone isn't thinking."

"We aren’t allowed to have any opinions. People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but that doesn’t stop you from having your own opinion."