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Quote by Walter Lippmann
The radical novelty of modern science lies precisely in the reject

The radical novelty of modern science lies precisely in the rejection of the belief… that the forces which move the stars and atoms are contingent upon the preferences of the human heart. – Walter Lippmann

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It is perfectly true that that government is best which governs least. It is equally true that that government is best which provides most. – Walter Lippmann

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It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf. – Walter Lippmann

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In making the great experiment of governing people by consent rather than by coercion, it is not sufficient that the party in power should have a majority. It is just as necessary that the party in power should never outrage the minority. – Walter Lippmann

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I do not think we are ever going to be able to, for a long time, get the kind of quality of school personnel that we need in our schools, especially in the areas of science and math. One of the answers to that problem is to use more educational technology. – Major Owens

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It should be mandatory that you understand computer science. – will.i.am

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Ive always been a fan of science fiction films, and Ive never been able to put my particular spin on it. – Ivan Reitman

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A man ceases to be a beginner in any given science and becomes a master in that science when he has learned that he is going to be a beginner all his life. – Robin G. Collingwood

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