One could write a history of science in reverse by assembling the solemn pronouncements of highest authority about what could not be done and could never happen.
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I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.
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Sin lies only in hurting other people unnecessarily. All other sins are invented nonsense. (Hurting yourself is not sinful - just stupid).
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You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once.
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