Uploaded January 2011 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
The quote I was thinking of:
"The point is that we are all capable of believing things which we know to be untrue, and then, when we are finally proved wrong, impudently twisting the facts so as to show that we were right. Intellectually, it is possible to carry on this process for an indefinite time: the only check on it is that sooner or later a false belief bumps up against solid reality, usually on a battlefield."
From "Under Your Nose" by George Orwell
http://orwell.ru/library/articles/nose/english/e_nose
The quote I was thinking of:
"The point is that we are all capable of believing things which we know to be untrue, and then, when we are finally proved wrong, impudently twisting the facts so as to show that we were right. Intellectually, it is possible to carry on this process for an indefinite time: the only check on it is that sooner or later a false belief bumps up against solid reality, usually on a battlefield."
From "Under Your Nose" by George Orwell
http://orwell.ru/library/articles/nose/english/e_nose
