Ability Quote by Karl Popper

“It is wrong and dangerous to extol freedom by telling people that they will certainly be all right once they are free. ... The most we can say of democracy or freedom is that they give our personal abilities a little more influence on our well-being.”

Karl Popper

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The history of science, like the history of all human ideas, is a history of irresponsible dreams, of obstinacy, and of error.

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