Unthinking Adherence Quotes

I've never been impressed with bureaucratic tradition. I don't like it when the parties come to me and say, 'This is the way that it's always done, judge.' I never found anything in the oath I took or the statutes I was asked to look at that said, 'Judge, stop thinking, because this is the way it was done before.'

Stubborn and ardent clinging to one's opinion is the best proof of stupidity.

To say, 'Well, he's following X person, so he believes all the things that this person believes'... I think that's ridiculous.

The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry.

The totally convinced and the totally stupid have too much in common for the resemblance to be accidental.

The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism.

I discourage a cult of personality.

… blind followers …

A fanatic is a man that does what he thinks the Lord would do if He knew the facts of the case.

To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.

It irritates me to see people aping superstars.