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"Neither science, nor the politics in power, nor the mass media, nor business, nor the law nor even the military are in a position to define or control risks rationally."
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"I believe the term is 'eminent domain.'Ah, yes. That means 'theft by the government."
"If you have to say or do something controversial, aim so that people will hate that they love it and not love that they hate it."
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"State first, subject second, statesman last."
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"Relinquishing apparent national sovereignty does not have to entail a loss of national sovereignty, but can actually be a benefit."
"Initially, the horrific images of September 11th triggered an enormous wave of solidarity."
"All theory of modernity in sociology suggests that the more modernity there is, the less religion. In my theory we can realize that this is wrong: atheism is only one belief system among many."
"Nonetheless, we continue to be obsessed with finding or inventing a European nation which, as in the nation state, guarantees homogeneity and thus an appropriate form of democracy and centralized government."
"That was the first major social sciences conference at which social scientists from all cultures wanted to reach a consensus on whether we can continue to pursue a national course in the social sciences or whether we need a cosmopolitan path that also connects us in a new way."
"The world has become so complex that the idea of a power in which everything comes together and can be controlled in a centralized way is now erroneous."
"You need education. You need subsistence protection. We need jobs and social security. These are preconditions under which it will perhaps be possible to deal with these complex circumstances."
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