Learn to distinguish the difference between errors of knowledge and breaches of morality. An error of knowledge is not a moral flaw, [...] a breach of morality is the conscious choice of an action you know to be evil, or a willful evasion of knowledge, a suspension of sight and of thought. That which you do not know, is not a moral charge against you; but that which you refuse to know, is an account of infamy growing in your soul. Make every allowance for errors of knowledge; do not forgive or accept any breach of morality. (John Galt)

Learn to distinguish the difference between errors of knowledge and breaches of morality. An error of knowledge is not a moral flaw, [...] a breach of morality is the conscious choice of an action you know to be evil, or a willful evasion of knowledge, a suspension of sight and of thought. That which you do not know, is not a moral charge against you; but that which you refuse to know, is an account of infamy growing in your soul. Make every allowance for errors of knowledge; do not forgive or accept any breach of morality.

John Galt

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