Quote by Peter Singer
What is faith? If you believe something because you have evidence

What is faith? If you believe something because you have evidence for it, or rational argument, that is not faith. So faith seems to be believing something despite the absence of evidence or rational argument for it. – Peter Singer

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The hope of Internet anarchists was that repressive governments would have only two options: accept the Internet with its limitless possibilities of spreading information, or restrict Internet access to the ruling elite and turn your back on the 21st century, as North Korea has done. – Peter Singer

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Hope
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In a democracy, citizens pass judgment on their government, and if they are kept in the dark about what their government is doing, they cannot be in a position to make well-grounded decisions. – Peter Singer

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Government
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So, basically, my view is I dont want to support the exploitation of animals, and within reason, I will do what I can to avoid it, but its not like its a religion for me. Its not like I consider Im polluted if somehow some bit of milk or cheese or something passes my lips. – Peter Singer

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Until as recently as November of 1966, I had complete faith in the Warren Report. Of course, my faith in the Report was grounded in ignorance, since I had never read it. – Jim Garrison

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Red Sox fans have been pushed to the brink over the years, but thats how faith grows stronger. – Julianna Baggott

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I have very little faith that Ill ever find someone. Ive had some bad luck and Ive made some bad choices – not in men, but in how Ive chosen to deal with relationships. – Selma Blair

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Faith

To study history means submitting to chaos and nevertheless retaining faith in order and meaning. – Hermann Hesse

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Arms are the only true badge of liberty. The possession of arms is the distinction of a free man from a slave. – Andrew Fletcher

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We Americans have no commission from God to police the world. – Benjamin Harrison, address to Congress, 1888

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To know ones self is wisdom, but not to know ones neighbors is genius. – Minna Antrim

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The things taught in schools and colleges are not an education, but the means of education. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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