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Always remember that it is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood: there will always be some who misunderstand you.

Karl Popper

It 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 POPPER

Believe Choice Freedom Lost Philosophy Prepare Thinking Victory Wrong
We may become the makers of our fate when we have ceased to pose as its prophets.
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Fate Ourselves Philosophy Success
The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory but progress.
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Argument Progress Victory Win
Science may be described as the art of systematic oversimplification.
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Art Science Simplicity
If our civilization is to survive, we must break with the habit of deference to great men.
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Break Greatness Men Ourselves Survive
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
The future depends on ourselves, and we do not depend on any historical necessity.
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Future History Necessary Ourselves
Theology, I still think, is due to a lack of faith.
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Faith One Liner Thinking
If we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them.
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Deep Destroy Oppression Philosophy Prepare Tolerance
We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than only freedom can make security more secure.
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Freedom Philosophy Reason Security
What we need and what we want is to moralize politics, not to politicize morals.
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Deep Moral Need Politics
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
The way of science is paved with discarded theories that were once declared self-evident.
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Evidence Science Theory Way
Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths.
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Beginning Science
The most we can say of democracy or freedom is that they give our personal abilities a little more influence on our well-being.
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Ability Democracy Freedom
I would rather find a single causal law than be the king of Persia!
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Law Myself

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