The Liberty Papers

Given some of the discussions that have been taking place here lately, and what clearly seems to be an abundance of emotion and enthusiasm and seeming willful denial of reality, I thought this quote might be appropriate:

Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.

 

John Adams, ‘Argument in Defense of the Soldiers in the Boston Massacre Trials,’ December 1770
US diplomat & politician (1735 – 1826)

Or, as Ayn Rand would say, A is A.