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Instead of the greatest happiness for the greatest number, one should demand, more modestly, the least amount of avoidable suffering for all.

Karl Popper

It 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.
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Achieve Peace Simplicity Weapon World
A theory that explains everything, explains nothing.
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One Liner Philosophy Theory
Great men may make great mistakes.
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Greatness Men Mistake One Liner
The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory but progress.
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Argument Progress Victory Win
The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.
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Greatness Home Man Philosophy Soul Spiritual Wisdom World
What we need and what we want is to moralize politics, not to politicize morals.
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Deep Moral Need Politics
Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but hell.
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Hell Nature Promise
Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but hell.
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Hell Philosophy
The future depends on ourselves, and we do not depend on any historical necessity.
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Future History Necessary Ourselves
Science is most significant as one of the greatest spiritual adventures that man has yet known.
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Adventure Greatness Man Science Spiritual
We can all participate in the heritage of man. We all can help to preserve it. And we can all make our own modest contribution to it.
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Help Man Nature Ourselves
I would rather find a single causal law than be the king of Persia!
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Law Myself
In philosophy methods are unimportant; any method is legitimate if it leads to results capable of being rationally discussed.
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Important Philosophy Result
If you can’t say it simply and clearly, keep quiet, and keep working on it till you can.
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Quiet Science Simplicity Yourself
Every intellectual has a very special responsibility. He has the privilege and the opportunity of studying.
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Himself Privilege Responsibility Special Study
“It can’t happen here” is always wrong: a dictatorship can happen anywhere.
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Politics Wrong

Instead of the greatest happiness for the greatest number, one should demand, more modestly, the least amount of avoidable suffering for all.

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