The quote I come back to the most these days is Voltaire's "Whoever can compel you to believe absurdities can also compel you to act unjustly."
(That's a loose translation though not as loose as Torrey's common "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.”)
Kai Kupferschmidt
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