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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.

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John F. Kennedy

John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29, 1917 - November 22, 1963), often referred to by his initials JFK, was the thirty-fifth President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963

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    el gran enemigo de la verdad no es muy a menudo la mentira: deliberada, inventada y deshonesta, sino el mito, persistente, persuasivo y poco realista. La creencia en los mitos permite el consuelo de la opinión sin la incomodidad del pensamiento.

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