“ Toward the end of his book, Miller explains his need to unite science and religion: science does not explain the meaning and purpose of life. That may be, but why should we assume religion explains su… G.M. Jackson
“ Law, rather than harnessing the passions, is increasingly pressed into their service. George F. Will
“ The desire to “do more in less time” is not a neutral force in our culture; it is the handmaiden of miserable experts, specialists, and leaders. Not everyone has rushed to become efficient. Something… Curious George Brigade
“ If there is no way to compel those who find a majority decision distasteful to go along with it, then the last thing one would want to do is to hold a vote: a public contest which someone will be seen… David Graeber
“ In ambiguous situations, it's a good bet that the crowd will generally stick together – and be wrong. Doug Sherman and William Hendricks
“ Alexander Hamilton reflected as early as the middle of the Revolutionary War that rallying at the last minute was part of the national character of his countrymen. John Ferling
“ Under the absolute sway of an individual despot the body was attacked in order to subdue the soul, and the soul escaped the blows which were directed against it and rose superior to the attempt; but s… Alexis de Tocqueville
“ The cognitive science's challenge is to link our consensus reality to our internal reality, but physics' challenge is to link our consensus reality to our external reality. Max Tegmark
“ Historically, the coupling of president and Speaker has been a tricky one that encourages a choreography both quick-footed and wary Chris Matthews
“ The basic project of art is always to make the world whole and comprehensible, to restore it to us in all its glory and its occasional nastiness, not through argument but through feeling, and then to… Robert Hughes
“ Initial uniformity can be deceiving, warns the author, because parties arrive at that state from so many different motives which will be exposed over time. Donald R. Hickey
“ Respectable opinion would never consider an assessment of the Reagan Doctrine or earlier exercises in terms of their actual human costs, and could not comprehend that such an assessment—which would yi… Noam Chomsky
“ All humanity needs, is to be reminded that there has always existed a human consensus on all common human needs and desires (extremely long life in perfect health, abundance, well-being), and that now… Haroutioun Bochnakian
“ Until now, human organization could only be based upon something negative which could not be conquered: SCARCITY, and something false: PERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY... No wonder instead of producing stabili… Haroutioun Bochnakian
“ The theory of phlogiston was an inversion of the true nature of combustion. Removing phlogiston was in reality adding oxygen, while adding phlogiston was actually removing oxygen. The theory was a tot… Michael Denton
