The power to destroy the world by the use of nuclear weapons is a power that cannot be used – we cannot accept the idea of such monstrous immorality.
LINUS PAULINGMan’s great power of thinking, remembering, and communicating are responsible for the evolution of civilization.
More Linus Pauling Quotes
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I believe all complicated phenomena can be explained by simpler scientific principles.
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Nations keep agreements, keep their treaties so long as they continue to do them good.
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Science is the search for truth – it is not a game in which one tries to beat his opponent, to do harm to others.
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But I know also that still more interesting discoveries will be made that I have not the imagination to describe – and I am awaiting them, full of curiosity and enthusiasm.
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Men will gather knowledge no matter what the consequences. Science will go on whether we are pessimistic or optimistic, as I am. More interesting discoveries than we can imagine will be made, and I am awaiting them, full of curiosity and enthusiasm.
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Science is the search for truth.
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Everyone should know that most cancer research is largely a fraud, and that the major cancer research organizations are derelict in their duties to the people who support them.
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Satisfaction of one’s curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life.
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There is no safe amount of radiation. Even small amounts do harm.
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Everyone should know that the ‘war on cancer’ is largely a fraud.
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Humanism is a philosophy of joyous service for the greater good of all humanity, of application of new ideas of scientific progress for the benefit of all.
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I believe that there is a greater power in the world than the evil power of military force, of nuclear bombs — there is the power of good, of morality, of humanitarianism.
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The only sane policy for the world is that of abolishing war.
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If you want to have good ideas you must have many ideas. Most of them will be wrong, and what you have to learn is which ones to throw away.
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No evidence compels the conclusion that the minimum required intake of any vitamin comes close to the optimum intake that sustains good health.
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