There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.

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Dreams may be impossible, yet still be dreamed.

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Today's science fiction is tomorrow's science fact.

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When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent.

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So the universe is not quite as you thought it was. You'd better rearrange your beliefs, then. Because you certainly can't rearrange the universe.

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The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing.

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Any book worth banning is a book worth reading.

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The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.

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Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

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It is well-known that the friend of a conqueror is but the last victim.

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