Tao Te Ching

“we must break with the habit of deference to great men. Great men may make great mistakes; and, some of the greatest leaders of the past supported the perennial attack on freedom and reason. Their influence, too rarely challenged, continues to mislead... By reluctance to criticize some of it, we may help to destroy it all.”

— Karl Popper 1902 – 1994 CE
Major Philosopher of Science
from The Open Society and its Enemies