What we need and what we want is to moralize politics, not to politicize morals.
KARL POPPER“It can’t happen here” is always wrong: a dictatorship can happen anywhere.
More Karl Popper Quotes
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No rational argument will have a rational effect on a man who does not want to adopt a rational attitude.
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All life is problem-solving.
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We must regard all laws or theories as hypothetical or conjectural; that is, as guesses.
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Every intellectual has a very special responsibility. He has the privilege and the opportunity of studying.
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The game of science is, in principle, without end.
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“It can’t happen here” is always wrong: a dictatorship can happen anywhere.
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While differing widely in the various little bits we know, in our infinite ignorance we are all equal.
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Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but hell.
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The simple truth is that truth is hard to come by, and that once found may easily be lost again.
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In philosophy methods are unimportant; any method is legitimate if it leads to results capable of being rationally discussed.
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Science is most significant as one of the greatest spiritual adventures that man has yet known.
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The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory but progress.
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We can all participate in the heritage of man. We all can help to preserve it. And we can all make our own modest contribution to it.
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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.
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The way of science is paved with discarded theories that were once declared self-evident.
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