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The great powers claim that whatever they possess is theirs by right, but whatever we, the smaller countries possess is negotiable.

"The Shah and I: The Confidential Diary of Iran's Royal Court, 1968-77". Book by Asadollah Alam, p. 262, 1991.

If someone claims to have free will, ask them, free from precisely what?

"The Apophenion: A Chaos Magick Paradigm". Book by Peter J. Carroll, 2008.

The person who is certain, and who claims divine warrant for his certainty, belongs now to the infancy of our species.

Christopher Hitchens (2012). “Long Live Hitch: Three Classic Books in One Volume”, p.19, Atlantic Books Ltd

An artist in my view is always afraid of extremists; he is always afraid of those who claim to have found the ultimate solution to any question.

Chinua Achebe, Bernth Lindfors (1997). “Conversations with Chinua Achebe”, p.130, Univ. Press of Mississippi

It is my experience that most claims of national security are part of a campaign to avoid telling the truth.

"Deep Throat Revealed: Ben Bradlee". Live Q&A, www.washingtonpost.com. June 2, 2005.

The weight of evidence for an extraordinary claim must be proportioned to its strangeness.

"Theeorie analytique des probabilites". Book by Pierre-Simon Laplace, 1812.

It is no more narrow to claim that one religion is right than to claim that one way to think about all religions is right.

Timothy Keller (2008). “The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism”, p.34, Penguin

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