Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965) French-German physician, theologian, musician and philosopher
Reverence for Life (1969)
Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965) French-German physician, theologian, musician and philosopher
Reverence for Life (1969)
Richard Pipes (1923–2018) American historian
Source: Three “Whys” of the Russian Revolution (1995), p. 42
Robert Oppenheimer (1904–1967) American theoretical physicist and professor of physics
As quoted in "Why Curiosity Driven Research?" by Robert V. Moody (17 February 1995) http://www.math.mun.ca/~edgar/moody.html
“Of all the animals in creation, politicians have the shortest memories.”
Morris West (1916–1999) Australian writer
Pavel Laszlo in Ch. 15, p. 260
The Ringmaster (1991)
“I believe that almost all politicians are honest.”
Robert A. Heinlein (1907–1988) American science fiction author
This I Believe (1952)
Context: I believe that almost all politicians are honest. For every bribed alderman there are hundreds of politicians, low paid or not paid at all, doing their level best without thanks or glory to make our system work. If this were not true, we would never have gotten past the thirteen colonies.
“It has been the great fault of our politicians that they have all wanted to do something.”
Anthony Trollope book Phineas Finn
Source: Phineas Finn (1869), Ch. 13