Neal Stephenson (1959) American science fiction writer
Source: The Diamond Age: or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer
“It occurred to me that there was no difference between men, in intelligence or race, so profound as the difference between the sick and the well.”
Source: The Great Gatsby
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“There are profound differences between our countries that will not go away.”
Raúl Castro (1931) First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba
On Cuban and U.S. relations in an address at a joint press conference with U.S. President Barack Obama in Havana, Cuba (22 March 2016)
Context: There are profound differences between our countries that will not go away. We hold different concepts on many subjects, such as political systems, democracy, the exercise of human rights, social justice, international relations, and world peace and stability. We defend human rights. In our view, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights are indivisible, interdependent, and universal. We find it inconceivable that a government does not defend and ensure the right to healthcare, education, social security, food provision, development, equal pay, and the rights of children. We oppose political manipulation and double standards in the approach to human rights.
Michael Marshall Smith (1965) British novelist, screenwriter and short story writer
Source: The Lonely Dead (2004), Ch. 14
“The difference between men is in their principle of association.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet
1840s, Essays: First Series (1841), History
Context: The difference between men is in their principle of association. Some men classify objects by color and size and other accidents of appearance; others by intrinsic likeness, or by the relation of cause and effect. The progress of the intellect is to the clearer vision of causes, which neglects surface differences. To the poet, to the philosopher, to the saint, all things are friendly and sacred, all events profitable, all days holy, all men divine. For the eye is fastened on the life, and slights the circumstance. Every chemical substance, every plant, every animal in its growth, teaches the unity of cause, the variety of appearance.
Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) American politician, 40th president of the United States (in office from 1981 to 1989)
Remarks at Human Rights Day event http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1986/121086a.htm (10 December 1986) <br class="br">1980s, Second term of office (1985–1989)
“There is very little difference between men and women in space.”
Helen Sharman (1963) British chemist who became the first Briton in space
Independent on Sunday, 9 June 1991
“The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots.”
Rebecca West (1892–1983) British feminist and author
“So far I’m not seeing a lot of difference between me and a carnival con-man.”
Richelle Mead book The Golden Lily
Source: The Golden Lily
Sam Harris (1967) American author, philosopher and neuroscientist
[Sam Harris, 2 January 2006, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sam-harris/science-must-destroy-reli_b_13153.html, "Science Must Destroy Religion", The Huffington Post, 2006-10-16]
2000s