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• We regard as 'scientific' a method based on deep analysis of facts, theories, and views, presupposing unprejudiced, unfearing open discussion and conclusions.…
• I regard the death penalty as a savage and immoral institution that undermines the moral and legal foundations of society. I reject…
• A country which does not respect the rights of its own citizens will not respect the rights of its neighbours
• Intellectual freedom is essential -- freedom to obtain and distribute information, freedom for open-minded and unfearing debate and freedom from pressure by…
• We should not minimize our sacred endeavors in this world, where, like faint glimmers in the dark, we have emerged....
• Profound insights arise only in debate, with a possibility of counterargument, only when there is a possibility of expressing not only correct…
• I've always thought that the most powerful weapon in the world was the bomb and that's why I gave it to my…
• For me, the moral difficulties lie in the continual pressure brought to bear on my friends and immediate family, pressure which is…
• In 1947 I defended my thesis on nuclear physics, and in 1948 I was included in a group of research scientists whose…
• In and after 1964 when I began to concern myself with the biological issues, and particularly from 1967 onwards, the extent of…
• My present work concerns the problems connected with the theory of elementary particles, the theory of gravitation and cosmology and I shall…
• Our country, like every modern state, needs profound democratic reforms. It needs political and ideological pluralism, a mixed economy and protection of…

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