... the best causes tend to attract to their support the worst arguments, which seems to be equally true in the intellectual and in the moral sense. (Ronald Fisher)

... the best causes tend to attract to their support the worst arguments, which seems to be equally true in the intellectual and in the moral sense.

Ronald Fisher

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