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johnnyFive  ·  1647 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Nick Cave on ideology

Again, though, you're assuming he's saying a lot more than (it seems to me) that he is. He's not saying "don't believe in anything," he's saying "be open to the possibility that what you believe in may prove to be wrong."

On the subject of WW2 quotes, here's Edward Teller:

    I believe in evil. It is the property of all those who are certain of truth. Despair and fanaticism are only differing manifestations of evil.