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“It can’t happen here” is always wrong: a dictatorship can happen anywhere.

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
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
All life is problem-solving.
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Life One Liner Philosophy
We must regard all laws or theories as hypothetical or conjectural; that is, as guesses.
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Law Philosophy Theory
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 game of science is, in principle, without end.
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End Game One Liner Principle Science
“It can’t happen here” is always wrong: a dictatorship can happen anywhere.
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Politics Wrong
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 Nature Promise
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
In philosophy methods are unimportant; any method is legitimate if it leads to results capable of being rationally discussed.
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Important Philosophy Result
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
The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory but progress.
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Argument Progress Victory Win
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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Help Man Nature Ourselves
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
The way of science is paved with discarded theories that were once declared self-evident.
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Evidence Science Theory Way

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