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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 the notion that…

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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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The danger to society is not merely that it should believe wrong things, though that is great enough; but that it should… — William Kingdon Clifford
Is man a savage at heart, skinned o'er with fragile Manners? Or is savagery but a faint taint in the natural man's… — John Barth
Civilization is the way one's own people live. Savagery is the way foreigners live. — Octavia Butler
I regard the death penalty as a savage and immoral institution that undermines the moral and legal foundations of society. I reject… — Andrei Sakharov
The doctrine of eternal punishment is in perfect harmony with the savagery of the men who made the orthodox creeds. It is… — Robert Green Ingersoll
Tonight, savagery in the streets of Iraq. Ten Americans die in a single day, four of them civilians murdered, mutilated and dragged… — Dan Rather
Mix an anorexic body with a heart made of pure fire and you are going to go with a savagery that's hard… — Jeremy Clarkson
Users of clichés frequently have more sinister intentions beyond laziness and conventional thinking. Relabelling events often entails subtle changes of meaning. War… — Unknown Author
In some inland post feel the savagery, the utter savagery, had closed round him--all that mysterious life of the wilderness that stirs… — Joseph Conrad
Passion has overthrown tyrants and freed prisoners and slaves. Passion has brought justice where there was savagery. Passion has created freedom where… — Jim Butcher
Personally, I believe very much in values of savagery; I mean: instinct, passion, mood, violence, madness. — Jean Dubuffet
The English, who eat their meat red and bloody, show the savagery that goes with such food. — Julien Offray de La Mettrie

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