Political tags – such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth – are never basic criteria.
ROBERT A. HEINLEINEverything is theoretically impossible, until it is done.
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The difference between science and the fuzzy subjects is that science requires reasoning while those other subjects merely require scholarship.
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It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.
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Don’t ever become a pessimist… a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events.
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One man’s theology is another man’s belly laugh.
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A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity.
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For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.
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When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know, the end result is tyranny and oppression no matter how holy the motives.
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Being right too soon is socially unacceptable.
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It’s an indulgence to sit in a room and discuss your beliefs as if they were a juicy piece of gossip.
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Yield to temptation. It may not pass your way again.
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A society that gets rid of all its troublemakers goes downhill.
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Sex without love is merely healthy exercise.
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By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good we cultivate those that belong to humanity.
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The supreme irony of life is that hardly anyone gets out of it alive.
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An armed society is a polite society.
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