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> [“The first person to measure the rate of acceleration of a free falling body was Father Giambattista Riccioli.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-e-woods-jr/the-first-person-to-measure-the-rate-of-acceleration-of-a-free/)

[Thomas E. Woods Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-e-woods-jr/)

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## More by Thomas E. Woods Jr

> [“Thirty-five craters on the moon are named for Jesuit scientists and mathematicians. ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-e-woods-jr/thirty-five-craters-on-the-moon-are-named-for-jesuit-scientists-and/)

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> [“The father of Egyptology was Father Athanasius Kircher.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-e-woods-jr/the-father-of-egyptology-was-father-athanasius-kircher/)

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> [“But it would be about tolerating dissent. Now, movies or plays, pieces of art about dissent, they always, I think, flatter the author and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-e-woods-jr/but-it-would-be-about-tolerating-dissent-now-movies-or-plays-pieces/)

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> [“This is in response to Thatcher’s statement that “there’s no such thing as society.” So these progressives are going to show her! Naturally, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-e-woods-jr/this-is-in-response-to-thatcher-s-statement-that-there-s-no-such/)

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> [“The biggest anachronism, usually, in a historical movie is, again, the author doesn’t want to be thought to in any way share the social…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-e-woods-jr/the-biggest-anachronism-usually-in-a-historical-movie-is-again-the/)

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> [“It was Francisco de Vitoria, a Catholic priest and professor, who earned the title of father of international law.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-e-woods-jr/it-was-francisco-de-vitoria-a-catholic-priest-and-professor-who/)

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> [“It’s one thing to describe someone as a voice crying in the wilderness, but that doesn’t quite capture Laurence Vance and his work. Vance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-e-woods-jr/it-s-one-thing-to-describe-someone-as-a-voice-crying-in-the/)

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> [“Father Nicholas Steno, is often identified as the father of geology.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-e-woods-jr/father-nicholas-steno-is-often-identified-as-the-father-of-geology/)

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> [“The first person to measure the rate of acceleration of a free falling body was Father Giambattista Riccioli.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-e-woods-jr/the-first-person-to-measure-the-rate-of-acceleration-of-a-free/)

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> [“The university system, a gift of Western civilization to the world, was developed by the Catholic Church.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-e-woods-jr/the-university-system-a-gift-of-western-civilization-to-the-world-was/)

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> [“(Catholic) monks taught metallurgy, introduced new crops, copied ancient texts, preserved literacy, pioneered in technology, invented champagne, improved the European landscape, provided for wanderers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-e-woods-jr/catholic-monks-taught-metallurgy-introduced-new-crops-copied-ancient/)

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> [“To be attacked by a Gore Vidal, or an H.L. Mencken, one of the great wordsmiths of American criticism, while surely unpleasant, must have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-e-woods-jr/to-be-attacked-by-a-gore-vidal-or-an-h-l-mencken-one-of-the-great/)

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> [ “Why does she \[Borowski\] rail against other women’s choices? Surely a core libertarian value is neutrality between different conceptions of the good?” Actually, no.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-e-woods-jr/why-does-she-borowski-rail-against-other-women-s-choices-surely-a/)

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> [“The idea of formulated 'rights ... comes not from John Locke and Thomas Jefferson ... but from the canon law of the Catholic Church. ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-e-woods-jr/the-idea-of-formulated-rights-comes-not-from-john-locke-and-thomas/)

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> [“The exaltation of human reason and its capabilities, a commitment to rigorous and rational debate, a promotion of intellectual inquiry and scholarly exchange--all sponsored…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-e-woods-jr/the-exaltation-of-human-reason-and-its-capabilities-a-commitment-to/)

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