The Captive Mind
IX: The lesson of the Baltics
When someone is honestly 55% right, that's very good and there's no wrangling. And if someone is 60% right it's wonderful, it's great luck, and let him thank God. But what's to be said about 75% right? Wise people say this is suspicious. Well, and what about 100% right? Whoever says he's 100% right is a fanatic, a thug, and the worst kind of rascal. - an old Jew of Galacia
The parable to the preface of The Captive Mind by Czesław Miłosz.
