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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.…
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I regard the death penalty as a savage and immoral institution that undermines the moral and legal foundations of society. I reject…
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A country which does not respect the rights of its own citizens will not respect the rights of its neighbours
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Intellectual freedom is essential -- freedom to obtain and distribute information, freedom for open-minded and unfearing debate and freedom from pressure by…
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We should not minimize our sacred endeavors in this world, where, like faint glimmers in the dark, we have emerged....
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Profound insights arise only in debate, with a possibility of counterargument, only when there is a possibility of expressing not only correct…
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I've always thought that the most powerful weapon in the world was the bomb and that's why I gave it to my…
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For me, the moral difficulties lie in the continual pressure brought to bear on my friends and immediate family, pressure which is…
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In 1947 I defended my thesis on nuclear physics, and in 1948 I was included in a group of research scientists whose…
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In and after 1964 when I began to concern myself with the biological issues, and particularly from 1967 onwards, the extent of…
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My present work concerns the problems connected with the theory of elementary particles, the theory of gravitation and cosmology and I shall…
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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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It is not healthy when a nation lives within a nation, as colored Americans are living inside America. A nation cannot live…
— Pearl S. Buck
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A country which does not respect the rights of its own citizens will not respect the rights of its neighbours
— Andrei Sakharov
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The state governments have a full superintendence and control over the immense mass of local interests of their respective states, which connect…
— Joseph Story
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The Spirit of Enterprise, which characterizes the commercial part of America, has left no occasion of displaying itself unimproved. It is not…
— Alexander Hamilton
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To the rulers of the state then, if to any, it belongs of right to use falsehood, to deceive either enemies or…
— Plato
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The ultimate enemy of Democracy is not the drug dealer of the crooked politician or the crazed skinhead. The ultimate enemy is…
— Gerry Spence
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Never trust a government that doesn't trust its own citizens with guns.
— Benjamin Franklin
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You [President Kennedy] have made some pretty strong statements about their being defensive and that we would take action against offensive weapons.…
— Curtis LeMay
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Leaving Iraq without military assistance during its transition, and before it is stable enough to ensure its own citizens' security, would pose…
— Doc Hastings
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The lands granted were in the occupancy of savages and situated in a wilderness, of which the government had never taken possession,…
— William H. Wharton
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It disturbs me mostly...is the willful, deliberate denial (by the FDA, of) our own citizens, a fair chance to use Laetrile, when…
— Luther L. Bohanon
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The Iranian regime calls for the annihilation of Israel, it oppresses its own citizens, it's part of the murder going on in…
— Mark Regev
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