“Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel.”
— Ambrose Bierce
Author: Ambrose Bierce
Category: knowledge
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The power to do good is also
“The power to do good is also the power to do harm.”
— Milton Friedman
Author: Milton Friedman
Category: power
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You want a culture where citizens are
“You want a culture where citizens are free to express themselves and so live in the openness necessary to the functioning of a successful economy? Israel has a free press, much of it openly hostile to the parties in power.”
— John Podhoretz
Author: John Podhoretz
Category: power
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That you may retain your self-respect, it
“That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.”
— William J. H. Boetcker
Author: William J. H. Boetcker
Category: respect
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We need to decide that we will
“We need to decide that we will not go to war, whatever reason is conjured up by the politicians or the media, because war in our time is always indiscriminate, a war against innocents, a war against children.”
— Howard Zinn
Author: Howard Zinn
Category: war
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The truth is that the religious and
“The truth is that the religious and the scientific processes, though involving different methods, are identical in their final aim. Both aim at reaching the most real.”
— Muhammad Iqbal
Author: Muhammad Iqbal
Category: truth
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Now, my knowledge of photography was terribly
“Now, my knowledge of photography was terribly limited.”
— Ben Shahn
Author: Ben Shahn
Category: knowledge
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Climb the mountains and get their good
“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.”
— John Muir
Author: John Muir
Category: wisdom
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He who has imagination without learning has
“He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.”
— Joseph Joubert
Author: Joseph Joubert
Category: learning
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Discrimination is a hellhound that gnaws at
“Discrimination is a hellhound that gnaws at Negroes in every waking moment of their lives to remind them that the lie of their inferiority is accepted as truth in the society dominating them.”
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Author: Martin Luther King, Jr.
Category: truth
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As human beings, we need to know
“As human beings, we need to know that we are not alone, that we are not crazy or completely out of our minds, that there are other people out there who feel as we do, live as we do, love as we do, who are like us.”
— Billy Joel
Author: Billy Joel
Category: love
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