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Science has toiled too long forging weapons for fools to use. It is time she held her hand. — H.G. Wells
A succession of eye-openers each involving the repudiation of some previously held belief. — George Bernard Shaw
If you can't have faith in what is held up to you for faith, you must find things to believe in yourself, for a life… — George Edward Woodberry
To be free . . . to walk the good American earth as equal citizens, to live without fear, to enjoy the fruits of our… — Paul Robeson
We must not allow ourselves to become like the system we oppose. We cannot afford to use methods of which we will be ashamed when… — Desmond Tutu
Democracy cannot be forced upon a society, neither is it a gift that can be held forever. It has to be struggled hard for and… — Unknown Author
Freedom may come quickly in robes of peace or after ages of conflict and war, but come it will, and abide it will, so long… — Edward Everett
When we build ... let it not be for present delights nor for present use alone. Let it be such work as our descendants will… — John Ruskin
Every time you understand something, religion becomes less likely. Only with the discovery of the double helix and the ensuing genetic revolution have we had… — James D. Watson
Appearances are not held to be a clue to the truth,' said his cousin. 'But we seem to have no other. — Ivy Compton-Burnett
During the last century, and part of the one before, it was widely held that there was an unreconcilable conflict between knowledge and belief. — Albert Einstein
Falling in love is not at all the most stupid thing that people do - but gravitation cannot be held responsible for it. — Albert Einstein
The cruelest lies are often told in silence. A man may have sat in a room for hours and not opened his teeth, and yet… — Robert Louis Stevenson
Actions are held to be good or bad, not on their own merits, but according to who does them. There is almost no kind of… — George Orwell
And how stands the city on this winter night? More prosperous, more secure, and happier than it was 8 years ago. But more than that:… — Ronald Reagan
Sacredness of human life! The world has never believed it! It has been with life that we settled our quarrels, won wives, gold and land,… — Ida Tarbell
Poetry is ordinary language raised to the Nth power. Poetry is boned with ideas, nerved and blooded with emotions, all held together by the delicate,… — Paul Engle
I regard a love for poetry as one of the most needful and helpful elements in the life-outfit of a human being. It was the… — Lucy Larcom
...for the truth is always older than all the opinions men have held regarding it; and one should be ignoring the nature of truth if… — Blaise Pascal
We have learned to say that the good must be extended to all of society before it can be held secure by any one person… — Jane Addams
A visionary company doesn't simply balance between idealism and profitability: it seeks to be highly idealistic and highly profitable. A visionary company doesn't simply balance… — James C. Collins
Heroism is latent in every human soul - However humble or unknown, they (the veterans) have renounced what are accounted pleasures and cheerfully undertaken all… — Joshua Chamberlain
You can't run a society or cope with its problems if people are not held accountable for what they do. — John Leo
In Hollywood a girl's virtue is much less important than her hairdo. You're judged by how you look, not by what you are. Hollywood's a… — Marilyn Monroe
Trust the Universe. Trust and believe and have faith. I truly had no idea how I was going to bring the knowledge of The Secret… — Rhonda Byrne

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