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Karl Popper

What we need and what we want is to moralize politics, not to politicize morals.
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Deep Moral Need Politics
The game of science is, in principle, without end.
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End Game One Liner Principle Science
Our knowledge can only be finite, while our ignorance must necessarily be infinite.
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Deep Knowledge Necessary Philosophy
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
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
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
While differing widely in the various little bits we know, in our infinite ignorance we are all equal.
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Deep Difference Equality Ourselves Philosophy
Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but hell.
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Hell Philosophy
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
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
We must regard all laws or theories as hypothetical or conjectural; that is, as guesses.
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Law Philosophy Theory
Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but hell.
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Hell Nature Promise
A theory that explains everything, explains nothing.
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One Liner Philosophy Theory
All life is problem-solving.
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Life One Liner Philosophy
Science is most significant as one of the greatest spiritual adventures that man has yet known.
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Adventure Greatness Man Science Spiritual
No rational argument will have a rational effect on a man who does not want to adopt a rational attitude.
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Argument Man Philosophy Science

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