"For 500 years the West patented six killer applications that set it apart. The first to download them was Japan. Over the last century, one Asian country after another has downloaded these killer apps- competition, modern science, the rule of law and private property rights, modern medicine, the consumer society and the work ethic. Those six things are the secret sauce of Western civilization."

-- Niall Ferguson

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“Not only are the studies themselves often lacking even face value, but they also drain badly needed funds away from patient care needs.”
“Clever men are impressed in their differences from their fellows. Wise men are conscious of their resemblance to them.”
“I cannot divine how it happens that the man who knows the least is the most argumentative.”
“Fierce invectives against women form a conspicuous and grotesque portion of the writings of the Church fathers.”
“My biggest competition is always myself. I mean no disrespect, but I do not look at any of the guys as being my competition for the simple reason that I can't control how they're going to look. I can only control how I look.”
“Bush, himself the most intellectually backward American president of my political lifetime, is surrounded by advisers whose bellicosity is exceeded only by their political, military and diplomatic illiteracy.”

Source : "Bush aide cites case for Saddam's removal". www.theguardian.com. August 15, 2002.
“The whole foundation of Christianity is based on the idea that intellectualism is the work of the Devil. Remember the apple on the tree? Okay, it was the Tree of Knowledge. You eat this apple, you're going to be as smart as God. We can't have that.”
“If it required some effort to go from today to tomorrow, some people would always remain in yesterday.”

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