can’t think ourselves, unwilling question authority, putty hands power — Carl Sagan, Demon-Haunted World: Science a Candle Dark

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If we can't think for ourselves, if we're unwilling to question authority, then we're just putty in the hands of those in power. But if the citizens are educated and form their own opinions, then those in power work for us. In every country, we should be teaching our children the scientific method and the reasons for a Bill of Rights. With it comes a certain decency, humility and community spirit. In the demon-haunted world that we inhabit by virtue of being human, this may be all that stands between us and the enveloping darkness.

Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

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