When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know, the end result is tyranny and oppression no matter how holy the motives.
ROBERT A. HEINLEINLove is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own…
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The universe never did make sense; I suspect it was built on government contract.
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I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.
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One could write a history of science in reverse by assembling the solemn pronouncements of highest authority about what could not be done and could never happen.
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Don’t handicap your children by making their lives easy.
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May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.
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Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.
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I never learned from a man who agreed with me.
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Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards.
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Theologians can persuade themselves of anything.
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It’s an indulgence to sit in a room and discuss your beliefs as if they were a juicy piece of gossip.
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One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.
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It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.
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Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done.
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There is no way that writers can be tamed and rendered civilized or even cured.
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Being right too soon is socially unacceptable.
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