"Rather than bring the full force of our……" — Sam Harris

"Rather than bring the full force of our creativity and rationality to bear on the problems of ethics, social cohesion, and even spiritual experience, moderates merely ask that we relax our standard of adherence to ancient superstitions and taboos, while otherwise maintaining a belief system that was passed down to us from men and women whose lives were simply ravaged by their basic ignorance about the world."

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Pakistan is heir to an intellectual tradition of which the illustrious exponent was the poet and philosopher Mohammad Iqbal. He… — Benazir Bhutto
Continued adherence to a policy of compulsory education is utterly incompatible with efforts to establish lasting peace. — Ludwig von Mises
No free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people, but by a firm adherence to… — George Mason
For the totalitarian mind, adherence to state propaganda does not suffice: one must display proper enthusiasm while marching in the… — Noam Chomsky
Golfers should not fail to realize that it is a game of great traditions, of high ideals of sportsmanship, one… — Unknown Author
The ultimate success of this government and the stability of its institutions, its progress in all that can make a… — Jon Lord
What are the maxims of Democracy? A strict observance of justice and public faith, and a steady adherence to virtue. — John Marshall
By a steady adherence to the Union we may hope, erelong, to become the arbiter of Europe in America, and… — Alexander Hamilton
It is not our affluence, or our plumbing, or our clogged freeways that grip the imagination of others. Rather, it… — J. William Fulbright
I am tolerably ignorant about Judaism, and much of what I do know about it seems hard to swallow, because… — Fred Melamed
It is time that Christians were judged more by their likeness to Christ than their notions of Christ. Were this… — Lucretia Mott
There are more than 9,000 billing codes for individual procedures and units of care. But there is not a single… — Clayton Christensen

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