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Science fiction … means what we point to when we say it.

— Damon Knight

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No progress, either moral or material, can be made in a world which is frozen, like ours, into a rigid mold of suppression of liberties.

A for Anything (1959)

When two alien cultures meet, the stronger must transform the weaker with love or hate.

A society that put more emphasis on birth than ability was likely to breed ability out of its ruling class.

A for Anything (1959)

“Don’t lose your temper,” said Ruell evenly. “It’s your worst fault, except for ignorance.”

A for Anything (1959)

We humanitarians, as our name suggests, believe that man has an ethical duty to man. We believe that the value of any system is measured by the consideration given to all human beings, not just to a favored class: and by that standard, our present system is a miserable failure.

A for Anything (1959)

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All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom.

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To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection.

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