From John F. Kennedy (1917-1963), 35th president, Commencement Address at Yale University, 11/11/62:
The great enemy of truth is very often not the lie–deliberate, contrived and dishonest–but the myth–persistent, persuasive and unrealistic. Too often we hold fast to the cliches of our forebears. We subject all facts to a prefabricated set of interpretations. We enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.
So eloquent with words! I wonder sometimes if it was Jackie who wrote his speeches 🙂
“We enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
One of the most prescient sentences ever conjugated…