Albert Einstein Quotes About Honesty
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It is the duty of every citizen according to his best capacities to give validity to his convictions in political affairs.
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Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted in important affairs.
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Ethical axioms are found and tested not very differently from the axioms of science. Truth is what stands the test of experience.
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I believe that whoever tries to think things through honestly will soon recognize how unworthy and even fatal is the traditional bias against Negroes. What can the man of good will do to combat this deeply rooted prejudice? He must have the courage to set an example by words and deed, and must watch lest his children become influenced by racial bias.
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If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?
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Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.
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Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.
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A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.
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All of us who are concerned for peace and triumph of reason and justice must be keenly aware how small an influence reason and honest good will exert upon events in the political field.
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By academic freedom I understand the right to search for truth and to publish and teach what one holds to be true. This right implies also a duty: one must not conceal any part of what on has recognized to be true. It is evident that any restriction on academic freedom acts in such a way as to hamper the dissemination of knowledge among the people and thereby impedes national judgment and action.
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Albert Einstein
- Born: March 14, 1879
- Died: April 18, 1955
- Occupation: Theoretical Physicist