{"quotes":[{"text":"Malignant phenomena do not come out of a golden age.","author":"Barbara W. Tuchman","tags":["conventional-wisdom","culture","depravity","perspective"],"id":5331,"author_id":"Barbara+W.+Tuchman"},{"text":"That he survived, and indeed returned to government, was one of man's occasional triumphs over medicine.","author":"Barbara W. Tuchman","tags":["assumptions","conventional-wisdom","determination"],"id":22246,"author_id":"Barbara+W.+Tuchman"},{"text":"A lot of people here some South in your mouth, and they automatically think you're dumb. They think if you talk funny, you are funny. – Lloyd Hand.","author":"David Pietrusza","tags":["addiction","assumptions","conventional-wisdom","leadership","visuals"],"id":23243,"author_id":"David+Pietrusza"},{"text":"A written constitution is needed to protect values AGAINST prevailing wisdom.","author":"Antonin Scalia","tags":["assumptions","conventional-wisdom","heritage","history","prospective","timelessness"],"id":34072,"author_id":"Antonin+Scalia"},{"text":"The greatest difficulty in antiquity with that of altering the law; among the moderns, it is that of altering the manners.","author":"Alexis de Tocqueville","tags":["assumptions","bias","conventional-wisdom","culture","prejudice"],"id":54821,"author_id":"Alexis+de+Tocqueville"},{"text":"The usefulness of a man or woman of God relies on the ability to remain distinct.","author":"Kevin Thoman","tags":["assumptions","conventional-wisdom","discipleship","habits"],"id":57038,"author_id":"Kevin+Thoman"},{"text":"One paper boasted that its subscription and advertising numbers proved that America did not need the social change it rival paper advocated.","author":"Harold Holzer","tags":["bias","conventional-wisdom","self-confidence","self-delusion"],"id":63989,"author_id":"Harold+Holzer"},{"text":"That's the way progress works: the more we build up these vast repertoires of scientific and technological understanding, the more we conceal them.","author":"Steven Johnson","tags":["assumptions","conventional-wisdom","simplicity"],"id":66286,"author_id":"Steven+Johnson"},{"text":"In the context of today, this WAS heroism.","author":"John Howard Griffin","tags":["conventional-wisdom","culture","discipleship","humility","maturation"],"id":69437,"author_id":"John+Howard+Griffin"},{"text":"Rehnquist was just reflecting his shifting role, from outsider to the institutional embodiment of the Court.","author":"Jeffrey Toobin","tags":["accommodation","conventional-wisdom","leadership","maturation"],"id":84671,"author_id":"Jeffrey+Toobin"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":44,"pages":5,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}