Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.
• Variant: Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but they are not entitled to their own facts.
• Variant: You are entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts.
• Variant: You are entitled to your own opinion, but you are not entitled to your own facts.
• Variant: You’re entitled to your own opinions. You’re not entitled to your own facts.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.
• Variant: Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but they are not entitled to their own facts.
• Variant: You are entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts.
• Variant: You are entitled to your own opinion, but you are not entitled to your own facts.
• Variant: You’re entitled to your own opinions. You’re not entitled to your own facts." in the context of "Quoted in Robert Sobel's review of Past Imperfect: History According to the Movies edited by Mark C. Carnes.
  • Quoted in Michael Pence's line from 2020 Vice Presential debate against Democrat Vice-presidential nominee Kamala Harris
  • Quoted in Timothy J. Penny, http://www.nationalreview.com/article/207925/facts-are-facts-timothy-j-penny, National Review September 4, 2003.
  • Ellen Hume, Tabloids, Talk Radio and the Future of News, part 4 (TOC), 1995 cites this as something Moynihan said to a "1994 electoral opponent on WNBC in New York".
• However, proceedings of a Senate Intelligence Committee in 1980 attribute the identical quote to James R. Schlesinger (at p. 110), possibly made during the course of 1973 Congressional testimony.
• Also see Bernard Baruch, who said "Every man has a right to his own opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts." in the January 6, 1950 issue of the Deming (New Mexico) Headlight
• See also this Barry Popik blog for some etymological research into this quote and its variants." to mean that wisdom is timeless.