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The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living differ from the dead.

— Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

Man once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous, and like a ship without rudder, is the sport of every wind.

— Thomas Jefferson, Former US President

The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.

— Ayn Rand, Russian-American Novelist

It’s interesting that these themes of crime and political corruption are always relevant.

— Martin Scorsese, American Director

Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd.

— Annie Besant, British Theosophist

Writing my own novels in the ’90s…I never imagined that in ten years, science and rationality would require explanation and defense in a world rocked and ruled by religious fervor.

— Mary Doria Russell, American Novelist

The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.

— Isaac Asimov, American Writer and Professor

You can buy my time and effort, but you have to earn my dedication.

— Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

I would rather have questions that can’t be answered than answers which can’t be questioned.

— Richard Feynman, American Theoretical Physicist

That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.

— Christopher Hitchens, Author
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