"Scientists are peeping toms at the keyhole of eternity."

Politics, Eternity, Scientists

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"Scientists are peeping toms at the keyhole of eternity."

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"Politics can be relatively fair in the breathing spaces of history; at its critical turning points there is no other rule possible than the old one, that the end justifies the means."

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"One may not regard the world as a sort of metaphysical brothel for emotions."

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"The most persistent sound which reverberates through man's history is the beating of war drums."

History, War, Man, Sound

"Scientists are peeping toms at the keyhole of eternity."

Politics, Eternity, Scientists

"The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards."

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"The prerequisite of originality is the art of forgetting, at the proper moment, what we know."

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"A writer's ambition should be to trade a hundred contemporary readers for ten readers in ten years' time and for one reader in a hundred years' time."

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"Nothing is more sad than the death of an illusion."

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"True creativity often starts where language ends."

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"The principle mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers."

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"The most dangerous thing to the USA population is not North Korea, it is the USA government."

Steven Magee, British Author

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"Politicians look for interests not people."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

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"When men reject reason, they have no means left for dealing with one another - except brute, physical force."

Ayn Rand, Russian Writer

Politics, Reason, Force, Violence, Communication

"Not to dampen any parade, but if one asks if there is a single thing about Mr. Obama's Senate record, or state legislature record, or current program, that could possibly justify his claim to the presidency one gets ... what? Not much. Similarly lightweight unqualified 'white' candidates have overcome this objection, to be sure, but what kind of standard is that?"

Christopher Hitchens, American Author

Politics, Criticism, Standard, Evaluation

"Experience is in the fingers and the head. The heart is inexperienced."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Politics, Pride, Family, Identity

"And they that rule in England, in stately conclaves met, alas, alas for England they have no graves as yet."

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

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"I believe the term is 'eminent domain.'Ah, yes. That means 'theft by the government."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

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"There is no single truth in a world ruled by many political parties."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

Politics, Truth, Power, Regret, Wisdom

"I have been ever of opinion that revolutions are not to be evaded."

Benjamin Disraeli, British Statesman

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"Even if the paradise of material satisfaction, which they envisage as their final goal, were realized on earth, it would not bring mankind either contentment or peace."

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Leader

Politics, Act, Action, Age, Art