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Otherwise we don't run the government the government runs us
Carl Sagan
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Carl Sagan
Age: 62 †
Born: 1934
Born: November 9
Died: 1996
Died: December 20
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Absolute certainty will always elude us. We will always be mired in error. The most each generation can hope for is to reduce the error. . . .
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The politicians and the religious leaders and the weapons scientists have been at it for a long time and they've made a thorough mess of it. I mean, we're in deep trouble.
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We can always take but never give.
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UFOs: The reliable cases are uninteresting and in the interesting cases are unreliable.
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If we can't think for ourselves, if we're unwilling to question authority, then we're just putty in the hands of those in power.
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