Arthur Conan Doyle

The emotional qualities are antagonistic to clear reasoning.

It is a mistake to confound strangeness with mystery.

The most winning woman I ever knew was hanged for poisoning three little children for their insurance-money.

The more outré and grotesque an incident is the more carefully it deserves to be examined.

I have a lot of sympathy for criminals, but none for fools.

The chief proof of man's real greatness lies in his perception of his own smallness.

There is nothing more stimulating than a case where everything goes against you.

The white man's burden is to civilize the savage races; it is a duty laid upon us by God.

There are some races which are inferior and some which are superior, and the superior races have a right to rule the inferior.

The black man is a child, and must be treated as such.

I think the average woman is rather foolish.

Women are emotional creatures, and therefore not fitted for politics.

Spiritualism is a true science, and those who deny it are ignorant.

The fairies are real, and I have seen them.

There is no death, only a change of vibrations.

The greatest enemy of truth is not the lie, but the myth.

War is a necessary evil, and sometimes a cleansing fire.

The Germans are a brutal race, and must be crushed.

I believe in the superiority of the Anglo-Saxon race.

The Irish are a difficult people, but they have their charm.