Leó Szilárd: Quotes about people

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“In order to succeed it is not necessary to be much cleverer than other people. All you have to do is be one day ahead of them.”

As quoted in "Close-up : I'm looking for a market for wisdom. : Leo Szilard, scientist" in LIFE‎ magazine, Vol. 51, no. 9 (1 September 1961), p. 75
Variant: If you want to succeed in the world, you don't have to be much cleverer than other people. You just have to be one day earlier.

“The people who have sufficient passion for the truth to give the truth a chance to prevail, if it runs counter to their bias, are in a minority. How important is this "minority?"”

It is difficult to say at this point, for, at the present time their influence on governmental decisions is not perceptible.
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