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The profound study of nature is the most fertile source of mathematical discovery. — Joseph Fourier
So, he reasoned, if you can identify the sources of a government's power - people working in civil service, police and judges, even the army… — Gene Sharp
To the vast majority of people a photograph is an image of something within their direct experience: a more-or-less factual reality. It is difficult for… — Ansel Adams
To the scientist Nature is a storehouse of facts, laws, processes; to the artist she is a storehouse of pictures; to the poet she is… — John Burroughs
The history of science teaches only too plainly the lesson that no single method is absolutely to be relied upon, that sources of error lurk… — John William Strutt
If we look at the realm of knowledge, how exceedingly small and limited is that part acquired through our own senses; how wide is that… — Matthew Simpson
Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down… — Harry S. Truman
The Library is an open sanctuary. It is devoted to individual intellectual inquiry and contemplation. Its function is to provide free access to ideas and… — Robert G. Vosper
There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches. Every minority, be… — Ray Bradbury
The dignity of self is greatly enhanced by looking upward in the search for holiness. Like the giant trees, we should reach up for the… — James E. Faust
Even the saddest things can become, once we have made peace with them, a source of wisdom and strength. — Frederick Buechner
One of my greatest sources of pride as president of the New York Public Library is the continuance of the library's open, free, and democratic… — Vartan Gregorian
The growing wealth aquired by them corporations never fails to be a source of abuses. — James Madison
The great danger to the consumer is the monopoly -whether private or governmental. His most effective protection is free competition at home and free trade… — Milton Friedman
It is the process of evolution which identifies innovative benefits from any source and selects them on merit without prejudice — David Landes
Who then would not like to see these benefits flow upon the world from the law, as from an inexhaustible source?... But is it possible?...… — Frederic Bastiat
Socialist thought owes its appeal to the young largely to its visionary character; the very courage to indulge in Utopian thought is in this respect… — Friedrich August von Hayek
In fact, I'd say that the sources of the economy's expansion from 2003 to 2007 were, in order, the housing bubble, the war, and -… — Paul Krugman
The sources of deflation are not a mystery. Deflation is in almost all cases a side effect of a collapse of aggregate demand.. a drop… — Ben Bernanke
Some of our businesses use more energy than others, but our strategy everywhere is the same.. first, reduce our use of energy as much as… — Rupert Murdoch

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