"Education and knowledge are the power of the minorities in this country"

-- Philip Vera Cruz

#Country Quotes #Minorities Quotes #Education And Knowledge Quotes

“Never mistake law for justice. Justice is an ideal, and law is a tool.”

Source : L. E. Modesitt, Jr. (2010). “Ordermaster”, p.265, Macmillan
“I think that being isolated from the Hollywood world of premieres and red carpet events was probably good for me because I could ease into those at will and by my own choice. But in other aspects, when it comes to fanfare, Hawaii is nuts and in L.A. they're all so jaded. They don't care.”
“Men substitute words for reality and then argue about the words.”

Source : "Edwin Armstrong: Pioneer of the Airwaves" by Yannis Tsividis, www.columbia.edu. 2002.
“There is no reason to have problems between country and country, between government and government, when there is a separation of powers.”
“When we borrow trouble, and look forward into the future and see what storms are coming, and distress ourselves before they come, as to how we shall avert them if they ever do come, we lose our proper trustfulness in God. When we torment ourselves with imaginary dangers, or trials, or reverses, we have already parted with that perfect love which casteth out fear.”
“We need myths that will identify the individual not with his local group but with the planet.”
“Is it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance?”
“These algorithms, which I'll call public relevance algorithms, are-by the very sameÂ mathematical procedures-producing and certifying knowledge.Â The algorithmic assessment of information, then, represents a particular knowledge logic, one built on specific presumptions about what knowledge is and how one should identify its most relevant components.Â That we are now turning to algorithms to identify what we need to know is as momentous as having relied on credentialed experts, the scientific method, common sense, or the word of God.”

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