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    James Madison
    “[T]here remains [in some parts of the country] a strong bias towards the old error, that without some sort of alliance or coalition between Govt. & Religion neither can be duly supported. Such indeed is the tendency to such a coalition, and such its corrupting influence on both parties, that the danger cannot be too carefully guarded agst.”
    ― James Madison, Writings
    tags: separation-of-church-and-state
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    Bertrand Russell
    “One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision.”
    ― Bertrand Russell
    tags: dunning-kruger-effect
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    Isaac Asimov
    “There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”
    ― Isaac Asimov
    tags: anti-intellectualism, cult, culture, democracy, ignorance, intellectual, political, politics, united-states, willful-ignorance
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    G.K. Chesterton
    “Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.”
    ― G.K. Chesterton
    tags: fairy-tales, hope, paraphrased, possiblity
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    Theodore Roosevelt
    “Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official.”
    ― Theodore Roosevelt
    tags: civic-duty, dissent, patriotism, patriots, protest
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    Abraham Lincoln
    “When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.”
    ― Abraham Lincoln
    tags: abraham-lincoln, religion
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    Stephen Jay Gould
    “The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best - and therefore never scrutinize or question.”
    ― Stephen Jay Gould
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    Clarence Darrow
    “The world is made up for the most part of morons and natural tyrants, sure of themselves, strong in their own opinions, never doubting anything.”
    ― Clarence Darrow
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    Aldous Huxley
    “Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.”
    ― Aldous Huxley, Complete Essays, Vol. II: 1926-1929
    tags: fact, ignorance, truth
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    Stephen King
    “Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn't carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life.”
    ― Stephen King
    tags: books
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    George V. Higgins
    “This life’s hard, but it’s harder if you’re stupid.”
    ― George V. Higgins, The Friends of Eddie Coyle
    tags: humor, life, misattributed-john-wayne
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    Oscar Wilde
    “The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing.”
    ― Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man Under Socialism and Selected Critical Prose
    tags: curiosity, epigram, tabloid-journalism, wisdom
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    Groucho Marx
    “Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
    ― Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx
    tags: animals, books, dogs, friends, humor
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    Bette Davis
    “When a man gives his opinion, he's a man. When a woman gives her opinion, she's a bitch.”
    ― Bette Davis
    tags: clichés, double-standards, empowerment, feminism, gender, hypocrisy, misogyny, opinions, speaking-out, stereotypes, women
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    Susan Sontag
    “The camera makes everyone a tourist in other people's reality, and eventually in one's own.”
    ― Susan Sontag
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    Steven Levitsky
    “One of the great ironies of how democracies die is that the very defense of democracy is often used as a pretext for its subversion. Would-be autocrats often use economic crises, natural disasters, and especially security threats—wars, armed insurgencies, or terrorist attacks—to justify antidemocratic measures.”
    ― Steven Levitsky, How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future
    tags: antidemocratic, subversion
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