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“Milton Ashe is not the type to marry a head of hair and a pair of eyes.”

“Creationists don't want equal time, … they want all the time there is.”

“To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today.”

“Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.”

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“The unwritten motto of United States Robot and Mechanical Men Corp. was well-known: “No employee makes the same mistake twice. He is fired the first time.”

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"There are Germans and Poles in Europe, and they ought to live together in agreement. The Poles cannot think of Europe without the Germans and the Germans cannot think of Europe without the Poles."

— Adolf Hitler

Politics1889–1945

#mind

"If, therefore, any one makes the accusation, and furnishes proof that the said men do anything contrary to the laws, you shall adjudge punishments in proportion to the offences. And this, by Hercules,…"

— Justin_Martyr

Religion100–165

#justice

"When Christianity came into the world the task was simply to proclaim Christianity. The same is the case wherever Christianity is introduced into a country the religion of which is not Christianity."

— Søren Kierkegaard

Philosophy1813–1855

#religion

"A lot of joblessness in the black community doesn't seem to be reachable through fiscal and monetary policies. People have not been drawn into the labor market even during periods of economic recovery…"

— William Julius Wilson

Science1935

#work