A wise man who stands firm is a statesman, a foolish man who stands firm is a catastrophe.
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Anand Thakur
A wise man who stands firm is a statesman, a foolish man who stands firm is a catastrophe.
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I have been told that one of the reasons the astronomers of the world cooperate is the fact that there is no one nation from which the entire sphere of the sky can be seen.
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They cannot be born wise; and it is the duty of the university to make the free wise.
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Your public servants serve you right; indeed often they serve you better than your apathy and indifference deserve.
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There must be other, less cruel ways of obtaining knowledge.
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If we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must be free to follow wherever that search may lead us.
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The free mind is no barking dog to be tethered on a ten-foot chain.
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Here, in the dread tribunal of last resort, valor contended against valor.
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Some of us worship in churches, some in synagogues, some on golf courses…
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[I]t is difficult to picture the great Creator conceiving of a program of one creature (which He has made) using another living creature for purposes of experimentation.
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Why is it that when political ammunition runs low, inevitably the rusty artillery of abuse is always wheeled into action?
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Power corrupts, but lack of power corrupts absolutely.
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Man is a strange animal, he doesn’t like to read the handwriting on the wall until his back is up against it.
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Bad administration, to be sure, can destroy good policy, but good administration can never save bad policy.
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A wise man does not try to hurry history.
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An independent is the guy who wants to take the politics out of politics.
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