“We do not argue with the critic who urges that the stars are not hot enough for this process; we tell him to go and find a hotter place.”
The Internal Constitution of Stars, Cambridge. (1926). ISBN 0521337089
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“We do not argue with those who disagree with us, we destroy them.”
The Lazio Speeches (1936), as quoted in The Book of Italian Wisdom by Antonio Santi, Citadel Press, 2003. p. 88.
1930s

"Encouragement of Science" (Address at Science Talent Institute, 6 Mar 1950), Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, v.7, #1 (Jan 1951) p. 6-8
Context: We do not believe any group of men adequate enough or wise enough to operate without scrutiny or without criticism. We know that the only way to avoid error is to detect it, that the only way to detect it is to be free to enquire. We know that the wages of secrecy are corruption. We know that in secrecy error, undetected, will flourish and subvert.

“Who cares? If he is good to you? None of us ever find enough kindness in the world, do we?”
Source: The Goldfinch

Last Laugh ‘05 (2005)
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The Visitor (2002)

"Critics of Scientology" (5 November 1967).
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