If we try to engineer outcomes, if we overturn tradition to make everyone the same, we ruin society. If we upset tradition to allow for an equal shot at the starting gate, everyone wins, except for the charlatans and would be dictators.
BEN STEINMy feeling is that Darwinism is only at best a partial solution, and an extremely dangerous partial solution.
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Israel being condemned by the EU, which 66 years ago watched with glee as its Jews were being mass murdered. That is pretty rich.
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I don’t like the sound of all the lists he’s making.
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The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.
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Politics is a thankless occupation; I have no interest in it at all.
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And there hasn’t been much progress in Darwinism since [the life of Darwin].
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You can do what you think you can do and you cannot do what you think you cannot
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Academic freedom is being lost by a great many people who dare to challenge Darwinism. That’s a terrifying situation. That’s contrary to the principles of science.
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I tell you why I don’t think I will ever vote for a Democrat, if I may say so. Because for me, the number one issue is right to life, and I don’t think the Democrats are very good on the right-to-life issue.
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I don’t consider an actor a star if he’s paid $20 million and grimaces in front of the camera and has a stunt man stand in for him. They may be fine actors, but they’re not role models.
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As Beverly Hills becomes more Iranian-Jewish, it is becoming politically conservative.
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It’s a lot better to hope than not to.
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Now we’re asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don’t know right from wrong, and why it doesn’t bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves.
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For me, I’ve always believed that there was a God. I’ve always believed that God created the heavens and earth – so, for me it’s not a huge leap from there to intelligent design.
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I am scared of getting old. I am scared of being ill.
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Could Congress really do its work if it held its sessions by teleconferencing? Could the Supreme Court? Nothing can replace the spark of intelligence that travels from person to person at meetings.
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