It takes those who have trained their minds to war against the truth to manufacture quibbles. And we are not wise to take them from their hands, and pass them out to thousands who would never have thought of them had we not published them to the world. This is what our opponents want to have done; they want to be brought to notice and to have us publish for them. This is especially true of some. This is their main object in writing out their falsehoods and in misrepresenting the truth and the characters of those who love and advocate the truth. They will die out more speedily to be left unnoticed, to have their errors and falsehoods treated with silent contempt. They do not want to be let alone. Opposition is the element that they love. If it were not for this, they would have but little influence. {3T 37.1}

(37) Dem som har oplært sig til krig imod sandheden kommer til at hænge sig i spidsfindigheder. Og vi er ikke kloge nok til at fjerne dem fra deres hænder og lade dem gå ud til tusinder som aldrig havde drømt om at vi ikke kunne bekendtgøre dem for verden. Det er hvad vore modstandere ønsker af os; de ønsker at få opmærksomhed og have os til at gøre dem kendte. Dette gælder især nogle få stykker. Det er deres hovedformål at skrive deres fejl ned og fordreje sandheden og de menneskers karakter, som gerne vil forsvare sandheden. De vil dø hurtigere ud i ubemærkethed, for deres fejl og falsknerier har i den stille forsagthed. De ønsker ikke at lades alene. Modstand er hvad de holder af. Hvis det ikke var for dette, ville de kun have en lille indflydelse.