In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same.
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Truth   
Justice   
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Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism - how passionately I hate them!
Subject:
Patriotism   
Heroes   
Violence   
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Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized.
Subject:
Heroes   
Respect   
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All these constructions and the laws connecting them can be arrived at by the principle of looking for the mathematically simplest concepts and the link between them.
Subject:
Mathematics   
Science   
Laws   
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The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.
Subject:
Genius   
Stupidity   
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Humanity has every reason to place the proclaimers of high moral standards and values above the discoverers of objective truth. What humanity own to personalities like Buddha, Moses, and Jesus ranks for me higher than all the achievements of the inquiring constructive mind.
Subject:
Discovery   
Morality   
Mind   
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If most of us are ashamed of shabby clothes and shoddy furniture, let us be more ashamed of shabby ideas and shoddy philosophies... It would be a sad situation if the wrapper were better than the meat wrapped inside it.
Subject:
Appearance & Attitudes   
Idea   
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Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.
Subject:
Intellect   
Genius   
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The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.
Subject:
Past   
Future   
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The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while.
Subject:
Wisdom   
Success   
Power   
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If my theory of relativity is proven successful, Germany will claim me as a German and France will declare that I am a citizen of the world. Should my theory prove untrue, France will say I am a German and Germany will declare that I am a Jew.
Subject:
Nation   
Human Nature   
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Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves.
Subject:
Money   
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That deep emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, forms my idea of God.
Subject:
God   
Power   
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The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking and we thus drift toward unparalleled catastrophe.
Subject:
Destruction   
Science   
Work: Telegram, 24 May 1946
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The strength of the Constitution lies entirely in the determination of each citizen to defend it. Only if every single citizen feels duty bound to do his share in this defense are the constitutional rights secure.
Subject:
Democracy   
Citizen   
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All our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike-and yet it is the most precious thing we have.
Subject:
Reality   
Science   
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Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Subject:
Adversity   
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I do not believe that civilization will be wiped out in a war fought with the atomic bomb. Perhaps two-thirds of the people of the earth will be killed.
Subject:
Earth   
War   
Civilization   
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One strength of the communist system of the East is that it has some of the character of a religion and inspires the emotions of a religion.
Subject:
Religion   
Emotions   
Communism   
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As far as I'm concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue.
Subject:
Vices   
Virtue   
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