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The capacity to combine commitment with skepticism is essential to democracy.

The same principles which at first view lead to skepticism, pursued to a certain point, bring men back to common sense.

It is evident that skepticism, while it makes no actual change in man, always makes him feel better.

We all approached doing a sequel with great trepidation and skepticism.

My position now, especially in this town, adds an element of skepticism with people you meet - especially girls. I mean, it becomes a lot more difficult.

Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.

Skepticism has never founded empires, established principals, or changed the world's heart. The great doers in history have always been people of faith.

Where journalists have gotten themselves in trouble over the last few decades is that their skepticism often extends only to American officials, the U.S. military and Republican politicians.

Skepticism is the sadism of embittered souls.

I'd say there was a fair amount of skepticism at the time about whether the Internet held any promise. And of course I felt that it did.

Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.

I've encountered a lot of people who sound like critics but very few who have substantive criticisms. There is a lot of skepticism, but it seems to be more a matter of inertia than it is of people having some real reason for thinking something else.

The virtues of science are skepticism and independence of thought.

I'm the most cynical person, and I know what that sounds like when you say, I don't drink and drive, and I don't. But I know people look at that with skepticism, and I understand.

Its attitude, which it has preached and practiced, is skepticism. Now, it finds, the public is applying that skepticism to the press.

The improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority, as such. For him, skepticism is the highest of duties; blind faith the one unpardonable sin.

The most striking development of the great depression of 1929 is a profound skepticism of the future of contemporary society among large sections of the American people.

The natural cause of the human mind is certainly from credulity to skepticism.

Investors should start with a view of skepticism. They should become intellectual investors rather than emotional investors. They should be careful, and they should be skeptical.

Well, I had a small degree, that little infection of skepticism about America which resides in the minds of even America's closest friends. That America can't be quite as good as it says it is. And why does it need so relentlessly to keep saying how good it is?