“It was a reaction I learned from my father: have no respect whatsoever for authority; forget who said it and instead look at what he starts with, where he ends up, and ask yourself, Is it reasonable?”
— Richard Feynman Primary source“We will walk on our own feet; we will work with our own hands; we will speak our own minds.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“There will never be a really free and enlightened State, until the State comes to recognize the individual as a higher and independent power, from which all its own power and authority are derived, and treats him accordingly.”
— Henry David Thoreau Primary source“The pursuit of knowledge for its own sake, an almost fanatical love of justice and the desire for personal independence—these are the features of the Jewish tradition which make me thank my stars that I belong to it.”
— Albert Einstein Primary source“Any man more right than his neighbors, constitutes a majority of one already.”
— Henry David Thoreau Primary source“By honest I don’t mean that you only tell what’s true. But you make clear the entire situation. You make clear all the information that is required for somebody else who is intelligent to make up their mind.”
— Richard Feynman Primary source“Not all Senators would agree—but few would deny that the desire to be re-elected exercises a strong brake on independent courage.”
— John F. Kennedy Primary sourceFreedom Religion Jewish Justice Knowledge