"All progress in knowledge takes place through the correction of that which has been received on authority."

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Source : Margaret Benson (1908). “The Venture of Rational Faith”

Margaret Benson

#Progress Quotes #Authority Quotes

“I found that it was all right to have Martians saying things Democrats and Republicans could never say.”

Source : "About Rod Serling". Rod Serling profile at "American Masters", www.pbs.org. December 29, 2003.
“The act of putting into your mouth what the earth has grown is perhaps your most direct interaction with the earth.”

Source : Frances Moore Lappé (1971). “Diet for a Small Planet”
“I know my body. What happened is that I got so caught up in the applause I forgot how I should dance. All my life I've been what others wanted - in dancing and in life. Now I'm doing it my way.”
“It appears fashionable these days, and almost politically correct, to blame hard-working immigrants, especially those from Mexico and Central America, for the social and economic ills of our state and nation.”

Source : "Perspective: Ours is a nation that should know better". staugustine.com. June 04, 2005.
“It is inherent in any definition of science that statements that cannot be checked by observation are not really saying anything or at least they are not science.”
“I don't want to become known as just a body.”
“The ungrown glories of his beamy hair.”
“Fundamentally the marksman aims at himself.”

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