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We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than only freedom can make security more secure.

Karl Popper

Theology, I still think, is due to a lack of faith.
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Faith One Liner Thinking
“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
The game of science is, in principle, without end.
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End Game One Liner Principle Science
Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but hell.
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Hell Philosophy
The conspiracy theory of society, comes from abandoning God and then asking: “Who is in his place?”
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Abandonment God Himself Place Spiritual Theory
True ignorance is not the absence of knowledge, but the refusal to acquire it.
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Knowledge Philosophy True
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
And it implies that if we respect truth, we must search for it by persistently searching for our errors: by indefatigable rational criticism, and self-criticism.
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Philosophy Respect Search Truth
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
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 may become the makers of our fate when we have ceased to pose as its prophets.
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Fate Ourselves Philosophy Success
It is complete nihilism to propose laying down arms in a world where atom bombs are around. It is very simple: there is no way of achieving peace other than with weapons.
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Achieve Peace Simplicity Weapon World
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
I would rather find a single causal law than be the king of Persia!
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Law Myself
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.
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Believe Choice Freedom Lost Philosophy Prepare Thinking Victory Wrong

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