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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.

Karl Popper

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
I would rather find a single causal law than be the king of Persia!
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Law Myself
What we need and what we want is to moralize politics, not to politicize morals.
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Deep Moral Need Politics
It is not the consciousness of man that determines his existence – rather, it is his social existence that determines his consciousness.
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Existence Man Philosophy Spiritual
The simple truth is that truth is hard to come by, and that once found may easily be lost again.
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Easy Hard Lost Philosophy Simplicity Truth
The way of science is paved with discarded theories that were once declared self-evident.
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Evidence Science Theory Way
He who decides one day that scientific statements do not call for any further test and that they can be regarded as finally verified retires from the game.
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Call Decision Game Himself Science
“It can’t happen here” is always wrong: a dictatorship can happen anywhere.
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Politics Wrong
The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory but progress.
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Argument Progress Victory Win
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
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.
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Impossible Philosophy Remember Speak Yourself
Science may be described as the art of systematic oversimplification.
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Art Science Simplicity
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
Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but hell.
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Hell Philosophy
In my view, aiming at simplicity and lucidity is a moral duty of all intellectuals: lack of clarity is a sin, and pretentiousness is a crime.
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Crime Duty Moral Myself Philosophy Simplicity Sin
History has no meaning.
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History One Liner

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