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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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There are matters in the Bible, said to be done by the express commandment of God, that are shocking to humanity and to every idea we have of moral justice. – Thomas Paine

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I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace. – Thomas Paine

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Anthropology is the science which tells us that people are the same the whole world over – except when they are different. – Nancy Banks Smith

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In this time of budget cuts, we cannot forget that basic science is a building block for scientific innovation and economic growth in the information age. – Tim Bishop

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Anthropology was the science that gave her the platform from which she surveyed, scolded and beamed at the world. – Jane Howard

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There were two kinds of physicists in Berlin: on the one hand there was Einstein, and on the other all the rest. – Rudolph Ladenburg

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