Some of us worship in churches, some in synagogues, some on golf courses…
ADLAI STEVENSON IIf we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must be free to follow wherever that search may lead us.
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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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It is in the nature of cats to do a certain amount of unescorted roaming.
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The tragedy of our day is the climate of fear in which we live, and fear breeds repression.
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There must be other, less cruel ways of obtaining knowledge.
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The free mind is no barking dog to be tethered on a ten-foot chain.
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Eggheads, unite! You have nothing to lose but your yolks.
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Self-Criticism is the secret weapon of democracy, and candor and confession are good for the political soul.
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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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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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They cannot be born wise; and it is the duty of the university to make the free wise.
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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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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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A wise man who stands firm is a statesman, a foolish man who stands firm is a catastrophe.
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Power corrupts, but lack of power corrupts absolutely.
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Carelessness about our security is dangerous, carelessness about our freedom is also dangerous.
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