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Dewey’s Treehouse on the importance of words:

“Freedom lies in our ability to discern truth and choose right actions. Leadership, courage, hope, conscience, character, faith, critical thinking, magnanimity–all those things are available to those who take and read–but only if we develop the vocabulary to understand.”

Reminds me of this Quote of the week that Scott Berkun posted:

“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie — deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic. Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought. - John F. Kennedy”

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