There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion.
John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, 1st Baron Acton (January 10, 1834 – June 19, 1902), Letter (23 January 1861), published in Lord Acton and his Circle (1906), by Abbot Francis Aidan Gasquet, Letter 74.
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