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> [In talking about human rights today, we are referring primarily to the following demands: protection of the individual against arbitrary infringement by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/in-talking-about-human-rights-today-we-are-referring-primarily-to-the/)

[Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/)

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> [Considered logically this concept is not identical with the totality of sense impressions referred to; but it is an arbitrary creation of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/considered-logically-this-concept-is-not-identical-with-the-totality/)

[Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/)

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> [We come now to the question: what is a priori certain or necessary, respectively in geometry (doctrine of space) or its foundations?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/we-come-now-to-the-question-what-is-a-priori-certain-or-necessary/)

[Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/)

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## More by Albert Einstein

> [America is a democracy and has no Hitler, but I am afraid for her future; there are hard times ahead for the American people,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/america-is-a-democracy-and-has-no-hitler-but-i-am-afraid-for-her/)

[Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/)

> [The faster you go, the shorter you are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/the-faster-you-go-the-shorter-you-are/)

[Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/)

> [Common sense is nothing more than a deposit of prejudices laid down in the mind before you reach eighteen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/common-sense-is-nothing-more-than-a-deposit-of-prejudices-laid-down/)

[Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/)

> [The most fundamental question we can ever ask ourselves is whether or not the universe we live in is friendly or hostile.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/the-most-fundamental-question-we-can-ever-ask-ourselves-is-whether-or/)

[Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/)

> [A knowledge of the existence of something we cannot penetrate, of the manifestations of the profoundest reason and the most radiant beauty - it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/a-knowledge-of-the-existence-of-something-we-cannot-penetrate-of-the/)

[Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/)

> [You imagine that I look back on my life's work with calm satisfaction. But from nearby it looks quite different. There is not a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/you-imagine-that-i-look-back-on-my-life-s-work-with-calm-satisfaction/)

[Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/)

> [The strongest force in the universe is Compound Interest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/the-strongest-force-in-the-universe-is-compound-interest/)

[Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/)

> [The right to search for the truth implies also a duty; one must not conceal any part of what one has recognized to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/the-right-to-search-for-the-truth-implies-also-a-duty-one-must-not/)

[Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/)

> [Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/everything-that-is-really-great-and-inspiring-is-created-by-the/)

[Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/)

> [The world we have made is a result of the level of thinking we have done thus far.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/the-world-we-have-made-is-a-result-of-the-level-of-thinking-we-have/)

[Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/)

> [Anyone who thinks science is trying to make human life easier or more pleasant is utterly mistaken.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/anyone-who-thinks-science-is-trying-to-make-human-life-easier-or-more/)

[Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/)

> [Life isn't worth living, unless it is lived for someone else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/life-isn-t-worth-living-unless-it-is-lived-for-someone-else/)

[Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/)

> [“Just because you don't believe in something doesn't mean it isn't true.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/just-because-you-don-t-believe-in-something-doesn-t-mean-it-isn-t-true/)

[Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/)

> [But there is another reason for the high repute of mathematics: it is mathematics that offers the exact natural sciences a certain measure of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/but-there-is-another-reason-for-the-high-repute-of-mathematics-it-is/)

[Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/)

> [Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/nothing-will-benefit-human-health-and-increase-the-chances-for/)

[Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/)

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