"Let us not dream that reason can ever be popular. Passions, emotions, may be made popular; but reason remains ever the property of an elect few."

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How often do we contradict the right rules of reason in the whole course of our lives! Reason itself is true and just, but the reason of every particular man is weak and wavering, perpetually swayed and turned by his interests, his passions, and his vices.

— Jonathan Swift