There is no democracy in physics. We can't say that some second-rate guy has as much right to opinion as Fermi

Quote by Luis Walter Alvarez

Topics: Democracy Quotes, Physics Quotes, Science Quotes, Scientists Quotes

There is no democracy in physics. We can't say that some second-rate guy has as...

There is no democracy in physics. We can't say that some second-rate guy has as...

The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from...

The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from...

You and I are stuck with the necessity of taking the worst of two evils...

You and I are stuck with the necessity of taking the worst of two evils...

Democracy shows not only its power in reforming governments, but in regenerating a race of...

Democracy shows not only its power in reforming governments, but in regenerating a race of...

The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.

The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.

The experience of democracy is like the experience of life itself-always changing, infinite in its...

The experience of democracy is like the experience of life itself-always changing, infinite in its...

It is true you cannot eat freedom and you cannot power machinery with democracy. But...

It is true you cannot eat freedom and you cannot power machinery with democracy. But...

Democracy arose from mans thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are...

Democracy arose from mans thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are...

I shall use America and democracy as convertible terms

I shall use America and democracy as convertible terms

The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.

The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.

A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest...

A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest...

I'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work....

I'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work....

Democracy means despair of finding any heroes to govern you, and contented putting up with...

Democracy means despair of finding any heroes to govern you, and contented putting up with...

In Switzerland they had brotherly love, five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what...

In Switzerland they had brotherly love, five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what...

Everybody's for democracy in principle. It's only in practice that the thing gives rise to...

Everybody's for democracy in principle. It's only in practice that the thing gives rise to...

As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This...

As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This...

The greatest blessing of our democracy is freedom. But in the last analysis, our only...

The greatest blessing of our democracy is freedom. But in the last analysis, our only...

We cannot use a double standard for measuring our own and other people's policies. Our...

We cannot use a double standard for measuring our own and other people's policies. Our...

The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of...

The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of...

The vanity of the sciences. Physical science will not console me for the ignorance of...

The vanity of the sciences. Physical science will not console me for the ignorance of...

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

A good scientist is a person in whom the childhood quality of perennial curiosity lingers...

A good scientist is a person in whom the childhood quality of perennial curiosity lingers...