Carl Sagan

The dangers of not thinking clearly are much greater now than ever before. It's not that there's something new in our way of thinking - it's that credulous and confused thinking can be much more lethal in ways it was never before.

American Scientist

William Wallace

O! Desolated Scotland, too credulous of fair speeches, and not aware of the calamities which are coming upon you! If you were to judge as I do, you would not easily put your neck under a foreign yoke.

Scottish Revolutionary

William Kingdon Clifford

The harm which is done by credulity in a man is not confined to the fostering of a credulous character in others, and consequent support of false beliefs.

English Mathematician

Bertrand Russell

Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.

British Philosopher

Pamela Meyer

One immutable trait of the gullible is that they are credulous to a fault. Though no-doubt well-meaning, the naive are Trump's base.

American Author

Calvin Coolidge

When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.

American President

Malcolm Gladwell

People in great institutions are occasionally credulous.

Canadian Author

Alexander Pope

The most positive men are the most credulous.

English Poet

Christopher Hitchens

I don't consider myself to be that credulous.

Ovid

Roman Poet

Use 'credulous' to describe someone who can be easily misled because of excessive trust or lack of skepticism.

Easily Deceived

'Credulous' specifically implies a readiness to believe false or exaggerated information, not just inexperience.

Not Just Naive

The word often implies a negative judgment, suggesting weakness or foolishness in character.

Credulous

Easily Deceived

Not Just Naive

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