Anatole FranceIt is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
About This Quote
The certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel. is a quote from the book “The Dark Tower” by Stephen King. In this book, Roland Deschain is a gunslinger, a traveler in time from our world to ours. He is being hunted by the Man in Black, a man who has been locked in time with him, and it is up to Roland to keep him from reaching the Dark Tower. In the book, the Man in Black says, “It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.” He’s referring to how once someone knows something for certain, they tend to act on it without thinking about how it may affect others.
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