"Knowledge of the natural world and how it works should be counted as fundamental to informed governance. You can't have a functioning democracy, if the electorate is under-informed or, worse, mis-informed."

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Neil deGrasse Tyson

#Democracy Quotes #Fundamentals Quotes #World Quotes

“I don't go anywhere without my iPod, laptop and at least one book.”
“You fail, and then what? Life goes on. It's only when you risk failure that you discover things.”
“Sin has caused our affections to stray, propelling us to worship relationships, achievement, and work-everything but God.”
“The revelations which Joseph Smith has given to this people were given to him by Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world; and this people cannot be blessed if they lightly esteem any of themâ€¦For this purpose did He give the revelation on plurality of wives, as sacred a revelation as was ever given to any people, and fraught with greater blessings to us than we can possibly conceive of, if we do not abuse our privileges and commit sin. This doctrine is a holy and pure principle, in which the power of God for the regeneration of mankind is made manifestâ€¦”
“All you have to do is to pay attention; lessons always arrive when you are ready, and if you can read the signs, you will learn everything you need to know in order to take the next step”
“As long as we have some definite idea about or some hope in the future, we cannot really be serious with the moment that exists right now.”
“Not perhaps until later life, until the follies, passions, and selfishness of youth have died out, do we . . . recognize the the inestimable blessing, the responsibility awful as sweet, of possessing or of being a friend.”
“People are willing to trade money for something that they can touch, not ones and zereos.”

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