"If we can't think for ourselves, if we're……" — Carl Sagan

"If we can't think for ourselves, if we're unwilling to question authority, then we're just putty in the hands of those in power. But if the citizens are educated and form their own opinions, then those in power work for us. In every country, we should be teaching our children the scientific method and the reasons for a Bill of Rights. With it comes a certain decency, humility and community spirit. In the demon-haunted world that we inhabit by virtue of being human, this may be all that stands between us and the enveloping darkness."

All Quotes Authority Quotes Being Human Quotes Between Quotes Between Us Quotes Bill Quotes Bill Of Rights Quotes Bills Quotes Certain Quotes Certain Decency Quotes Children Quotes Citizens Quotes Citizens Are Educated Quotes Comes Quotes Community Quotes Community Spirit Quotes Country Quotes Darkness Quotes Decency Quotes Decency Humility Quotes Demon Quotes Demon Haunted Quotes Educated Quotes Enveloping Quotes Enveloping Darkness Quotes Every Country Quotes Form Quotes Hands Quotes Haunted Quotes Haunted World Quotes Human Quotes Humans Quotes Humility Quotes Inhabit Quotes May Quotes Method Quotes Opinion Quotes Opinions Quotes Our Children Quotes Own Quotes Own Opinions Quotes Power Quotes Putty Quotes Question Quotes Question Authority Quotes Reason Quotes Reasons Quotes Rights Quotes Science Quotes Scientific Quotes Scientific Method Quotes Should Quotes Skepticism Quotes Spirit Quotes Stands Quotes Stands Between Quotes Stands Between Us Quotes Teaching Quotes Teaching Our Children Quotes Their Own Quotes Their Own Opinions Quotes Think Quotes Thinking Quotes Unwilling Quotes Us Quotes Virtue Quotes We Inhabit Quotes Work Quotes World Quotes

467 Quotes by Carl Sagan

Carl Sagan has 467 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

See all 467 quotes by Carl Sagan »

More All Quotes

This quote is filed under All Quotes, one of 128,558 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally… — Hannah Arendt
No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our… — Hannah Arendt
The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all… — Hannah Arendt
The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes… — Hannah Arendt
Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of… — Hannah Arendt
We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and… — Hannah Arendt
I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is… — Pietro Aretino
We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
A friend to all is a friend to none. — Aristotle

See all 128,558 All Quotes »