Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.

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Nothing in life is to be feared, only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less. — Marie Curie

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There are eleven million Jews in the world. I don't say that all of them will come here, but I expect several million, and with natural increase I can quite imagine a Jewish state of ten million. - David Ben-Gurion

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He knows himself, and all that's in him, who knows adversity.

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Thought is the wind and knowledge the sail. - David Hare

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Anyone who doesn't believe in miracles is not a realist. - David Ben-Gurion

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Knowledge is the intellectual manipulation of carefully verified observations.

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Without moral and intellectual independence, there is no anchor for national independence. - David Ben-Gurion

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The the question whether I am a pessimist or an optimist, I answer that my knowledge is pessimistic, but my willing and hope are optimistic.

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You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing.

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