Fundamental Beliefs

Famous quotes containing the words fundamental and/or beliefs:

    I believe the declaration that “all men are created equal” is the great fundamental principle upon which our free institutions rest.
    Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)

    If we cannot find a way to interpret the utterances and other behavior of a creature as revealing a set of beliefs largely consistent and true by our standards, we have no reason to count that creature as rational, as having beliefs, or as saying anything.
    Donald Davidson (b. 1917)