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• Drug prohibition has caused gang warfare and other violent crimes by raising the prices of drugs so much that vicious… — Michael Badnarik
• By means of microscopic observation and astronomical projection the lotus flower can become the foundation for an entire theory of… — Yukio Mishima
• Our individual life is brief, and perhaps the whole life of mankind will be brief if measured in astronomical scale — Bertrand Russell
• To most people, I fancy, the stars are beautiful; but if you asked why, they would be at a loss… — George Santayana
• There is a point of view among astronomical researchers that is generally referred to as the Principle of Mediocrity. ...… — Seth Shostak
• It is difficult to imagine anyone having any real hopes for the human race in the face of the fact… — H. L. Mencken
• The brain is biology's greatest challenge. Perhaps in a sense it is the greatest challenge for science as a whole,… — Steven Rose
• The supposed astronomical proofs of the theory [of relativity], as cited and claimed by Einstein, do not exist. He is… — Charles Lane Poor
• [About Francis Baily] The history of the astronomy of the nineteenth century will be incomplete without a catalogue of his… — Augustus De Morgan
• For it is the same whether you take it that the Earth is in motion or the Sky. For, in… — Abu Rayhan al-Biruni
• [Pitchblende] consists of a peculiar, distinct, metallic substance. Therefore its former denominations, pitch-blende, pitch-iron-ore, &c. are no longer applicable, and… — Martin Heinrich Klaproth
• God created the universe out of nothing in an act which also brought time into existence. Recent discoveries, such as… — Henry Margenau

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