Quote #1

The strength of a civilization is not measured by its ability to fight wars, but rather by its ability to prevent them.

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  1. A man either lives life as it happens to him, meets it head-on and licks it, or he turns his back on it and starts to wither away.
  2. I condemn false prophets, I condemn the effort to take away the power of rational decision, to drain people of their free will - and a hell…
  3. In a contrast between 1960's astronauts consuming 'Tang' and crewmen on the Enterprise eating solid food: 'Why should a man give up the joy…
  4. In the 24th century there will be no hunger, there will be no greed, and all the children will know how to read.
  5. It speaks to some basic human needs, that there is a tomorrow - it's not all going to be over in a big flash and a bomb, that the human rac…
  6. The glory of creation is in its infinite diversity.
  7. We must question the story logic of having an all-knowing all-powerful God, who creates faulty Humans, and then blames them for his own mis…
  8. Time is the fire in which we burn.

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