Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.

Quote by Albert Einstein

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Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.

Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.

The road to perdition has ever been accompanied by lip service to an ideal.

The road to perdition has ever been accompanied by lip service to an ideal.

Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land...

Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land...

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.

If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we...

If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we...

The pioneers of a warless world are the young men (and women) who refuse military...

The pioneers of a warless world are the young men (and women) who refuse military...

The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he...

The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he...

The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all comprehensible.

The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all comprehensible.

Force always attracts men of low morality.

Force always attracts men of low morality.

I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they...

I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they...

If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to...

If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to...

Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an...

Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an...

I am absolutely convinced that no wealth in the world can help humanity forward, even...

I am absolutely convinced that no wealth in the world can help humanity forward, even...

Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at...

Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at...

The idle man does not know what it is to enjoy rest.

The idle man does not know what it is to enjoy rest.

Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land...

Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land...

Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an...

Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an...

We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.

We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.

A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.

A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.

A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem.

A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem.