Nostalgia is one of the legitimate and certainly one of the most enduring of human emotions; but the politics of nostalgia is… — Irving Kristol Copy Share Image
The break from the supposedly culturally-narrow religious bases of knowledge in favor of supposedly trans-cultural scientific bases of knowledge served as the… — Immanuel Wallerstein Copy Share Image
If one takes full account of the persecution of heretics, the frequency and savagery of the religious wars which Christianity had endangered,… — A.J. Ayer Copy Share Image
Atheism ... in its philosophic aspect refuses allegiance not merely to a definite concept of God, but it refuses all servitude to… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
The eyes are witnesses that the heavens revolve in the space of twenty- four hours. But certain men, either from the love… — Philipp Melanchthon Copy Share Image
It seems then, say I, that you leave politics entirely out of the question, and never suppose, that a wise magistrate can… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Bob Dylan seems to me a totally pernicious influence - the nasal whine of death and masochism. Certainly, this would be a… — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
When engaged in safe occupations, and living in healthy countries, men are much more apt to be frugal, than in unhealthy, or… — John Rae Copy Share Image
Atheism in legislation, indifference in matters of religion, and the pernicious maxims which go under the name of Liberal Catholicism are the… — Pope Pius IX Copy Share Image
In raising the price of commodities, the rise of wages operates in the same manner as simple interest does in the accumulation… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
Men's consciences ought in no sort to be violated, urged, or constrained. And whenever men have attempted any thing by this violent… — Roger Williams Copy Share Image
Let me tell you something about hypochondria: It's a pernicious, undermining little demon. It won't kill you, but it will sap the… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
I am persuaded that the world has been tricked into adopting some false and most pernicious notions about consistency - and to… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Capitalism is always in danger of inspiring men to be more concerned about making a living than making a life. We are… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
But, historians, and even common sense, may inform us, that, however specious these ideas of perfect equality may seem, they are really,… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Then is courtesy a turncoat. But it is certain I am loved of all ladies, only you excepted: and I would I… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Burns from dropped matches, Ms. Lane? Matches one might have dropped while flirting with a pernicious Fae, Ms. Lane? Have you any… — Karen Marie Moning Copy Share Image
No more fatuous chimera has ever infested the brain than that you can control opinions by law or direct belief by statute,… — William Borah Copy Share Image
The single combats of the heroes of history or fable amuse our fancy and engage our affections: the skillful evolutions of war… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
A vice sanctioned by the general opinion is merely a vice. The evil terminates in itself. A vice condemned by the general… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
Scientists can routinely predict a solar eclipse, to the minute, a millennium in advance. You can go to the witch doctor to… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
New and expanded refundable tax credits would raise the fraction of taxpayers paying no income taxes to almost 50% from 38%. This… — Michael J. Boskin Copy Share Image
... you must hasten to oppose pernicious pride of mind, before it penetrates into the marrow of your bones. Resist it, curb… — Lorenzo Scupoli Copy Share Image
“This doctrine of forgiveness of sin is a premium on crime. 'Forgive us our sins' means "Let us continue in our iniquity."… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I always have a high regard for the individual and have an insuperable distaste for violence and clubmanship. All these motives made… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Only the truth and its expression can establish that new public opinion which will reform the ancient obsolete and pernicious order of… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Any innovation in matters of faith is extremely pernicious and utterly damnable! — John Eudes Copy Share Image
All religions are sick men's dreams, false - demonstrably false - and pernicious. — Ibn Warraq Copy Share Image
In Germany democracy died by the headman's axe. In Britain it can be by pernicious anaemia. — Aneurin Bevan Copy Share Image
No evil can result from its [slavery's] inhibition more pernicious than its toleration. — Martin Van Buren Copy Share Image
No doctrine involving more pernicious consequences was ever invented by the wit of man than any [constitutional] provisions can be suspended during… — Roger Brooke Taney Copy Share Image
The truth is that most people lack the intellectual ability and courage to resist a popular movement, however pernicious and ill-considered. — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Nationality was the most pernicious, depersonalizing, homogenizing label that could ever be attached to the human individual. — Rolf Hochhuth Copy Share Image
Lust is an immoderate wantonness of the flesh, a sweet poison, a cruel pestilence; a pernicious poison, which weakeneth the body of… — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
Now that Ronald Reagan's place in history is secure, liberals are trying to remake him. A pernicious myth is that Reagan and… — Craig Shirley Copy Share Image
The concept of physical beauty as a virtue is one of the dumbest, most pernicious and destructive ideas of the Western world,… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
The most pernicious aspect of procrastination is that it can become a habit. We don't just put off our lives today; we… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
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