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 POPPERThe most we can say of democracy or freedom is that they give our personal abilities a little more influence on our well-being.
KARL POPPERIt is wrong to think that belief in freedom always leads to victory; we must always be prepared for it to lead to defeat. If we choose freedom, then we must be prepared to perish along with it.
KARL POPPEROur knowledge can only be finite, while our ignorance must necessarily be infinite.
KARL POPPERThe game of science is, in principle, without end.
KARL POPPERI hold that he who teaches that not reason but love should rule opens up the way for those who rule by hate.
KARL POPPERA theory that explains everything, explains nothing.
KARL POPPERWhat we need and what we want is to moralize politics, not to politicize morals.
KARL POPPERThe quest for precision is analogous to the quest for certainty, and both should be abandoned.
KARL POPPERThose who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but hell.
KARL POPPERIf our civilization is to survive, we must break with the habit of deference to great men.
KARL POPPERIt is complete nihilism to propose laying down arms in a world where atom bombs are around. It is very simple: there is no way of achieving peace other than with weapons.
KARL POPPEREvery intellectual has a very special responsibility. He has the privilege and the opportunity of studying.
KARL POPPERTrue ignorance is not the absence of knowledge, but the refusal to acquire it.
KARL POPPERWe must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than only freedom can make security more secure.
KARL POPPERGreat men may make great mistakes.
KARL POPPERIn philosophy methods are unimportant; any method is legitimate if it leads to results capable of being rationally discussed.
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