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They Are Men And Women Who Tend To Believe That The Human Being Is Perfectible And Social Progress Predictable, And That The Instrument For Effecting The Two Is Reason; That Truths Are Transitory And Empirically Determined; That Equality Is Desirable And Attainable Through The Action Of State Power; That Social And Individual Differences, If They Are Not Rational, Are Objectionable, And Should Be Scientifically Eliminated; That All People And Societies Strive To Organize Themselves Upon A Rationalist And Scientific Paradigm.

The Duel Between Christianity And Atheism Is The Most Important In The World, And The Struggle Between Individualism And Collectivism Is The Same Struggle Reproduced On Another Level.

Idealism Is Fine, But As It Approaches Reality, The Costs Become Prohibitive.

A Good Debater Is Not Necessarily An Effective Vote-getter: You Can Find A Hole In Your Opponent's Argument Through Which You Could Drive A Coach And Four Ringing Jingle Bells All The Way, And Thrill At The Crystallization Of A Truth Wrung Out From A Bloody Dialogue - Which, However, May Warm Only You And Your Muse, While The Smiling Paralogist Has In The Meantime Made Votes By The Tens Of Thousands.

I Find It Easier To Believe In God Than To Believe Hamlet Was Deduced From The Molecular Structure Of A Mutton Chop.