“One could write a history of science in reverse by assembling the sole...” — Robert A. Heinlein Quote

“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.”

“The only religious opinion I feel sure of is this: self-awareness is not just a bunch of amino acids bumping together.”

“You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once.”

“I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes.”

“When a place gets crowded enough to require ID's, social collapse is not far away. It is time to go elsewhere. The best thing about space travel is that it made it possible to go elsewhere.”

“When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know, the end result is tyranny and oppression no matter how holy the motives.”

“Elimination of illiteracy is as serious an issue to our history as the abolition of slavery.”

“A drop of water, if it could write out its own history, would explain the universe to us.”

“When the war was in progress, England and France agreed wholeheartedly with the Fourteen Points. As soon as the war was won, England, France, and Italy tried to frustrate Wilson's program because it was in conflict with their imperialist policies. As a consequence, the Peace Treaty was one of the most unequal treaties ever negotiated in history.”

“It's a very good historical book about history.”

“As you study vampire legend throughout history, it goes back to almost every culture. South Africa, Indonesia, crazy places have that legend and that idea of immortality.”

“In the course of history, men come to see that iron necessity is neither iron nor necessary.”