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Quote by Thomas Paine
Every science has for its basis a system of principles as fixed an

Every science has for its basis a system of principles as fixed and unalterable as those by which the universe is regulated and governed. Man cannot make principles he can only discover them. – Thomas Paine

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Every religion is good that teaches man to be good and I know of none that instructs him to be bad. – Thomas Paine

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To establish any mode to abolish war, however advantageous it might be to Nations, would be to take from such Government the most lucrative of its branches. – Thomas Paine

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Reputation is what men and women think of us character is what God and angels know of us. – Thomas Paine

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Whenever anyone says, theoretically, they really mean, not really. – Dave Parnas

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This world, after all our science and sciences, is still a miracle wonderful, inscrutable, magical and more, to whosoever will think of it. – Thomas Carlyle

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The big journals and Nobel laureates are the equivalent of Congressional leaders in science journalism. – Michael Pollan

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Whenever science makes a discovery, the devil grabs it while the angels are debating the best way to use it. – Alan Valentine

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