![Modernist discourse [...] incorporates semantic devices - such as the labeling of theism as 'religion' and naturalism as 'science' - that work to prevent a dangerous debate over fundamental assumptions from breaking out in the open.](/assets/img/quote-photos/modernist-discourse-incorporates-semantic-devices-such-as-the-labeling-of.jpg)
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The environment is so fundamental to our continued existence that it must transcend politics and become a central value of all members of society. David Suzuki
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One of the fundamental questions of today's world is undoubtedly the question of equitable globalisation. Janez Drnovsek
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But you can't extend, or go beyond any point musically, without the basic fundamentals. Chico Hamilton
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Privacy is a fundamental human need Bruce Schneier
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The fundamental driver in computer security, in all of the computer industry, is economics. That requires a lot of re-education for us security geeks.
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... it is a fundamental principle of testing that you must know in advance the answer each test case is supposed to produce. If you don't, you are not testing; you are experimenting. Brian Kernighan
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I've always thought, and it gets tested at times, that I have a great faith in the fundamental goodness of human beings. Bob Brown
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The freedom to convert is fundamental to freedom of religion. Bob Inglis
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The most fundamental problem in software development is complexity. There is only one basic way of dealing with complexity: divide and conquer Bjarne Stroustrup
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We want to see first how the lottery is received. Based on all of the polls, we're making the assumption that it's going to be very highly received. But a poll is a poll, and until we actually see what happens when tickets go on sale, we'll have a better idea by then.
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We have no intelligence or evidence that indicates that he (Bin Laden) is dead or incapacitated, so our working assumption is that he is still alive.
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We have no indication that he has left this immediate area, so we make the assumption that he is still afoot or ... holed up somewhere in this area,
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We have no choice but to revisit the question on other bills. Especially given the relationship between guns and schools these days, I think it's a natural assumption that one could make that there could be some amendments which will be offered, Tom Daschle
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We've since updated this assumption and now predict that by the second quarter of 2006, 85 percent of large enterprises will have initiated encryption projects.
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We've seen them attack in London, for example; we've seen them attack in Spain; we've seen them attack elsewhere, so I think we have to operate on the assumption that they do have some capability and they certainly have the intent. Michael Chertoff
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There is a widespread assumption that simply because my generation of women has the good fortune to live in a world touched by the feminist movement, that means everything we do is magically imbued with its agenda, but it doesn't work that way.
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The persecuting spirit has its origin... in the assumption that one's own opinions are infallibly correct.
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The persecuting spirit has its origin . . . in the assumption that one's own opinions are infallibly correct.
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We have never had such an intense, frank and profound debate in the past seven years, Hugo Chavez
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Whenever you debate, you should really have one person representing I.D. on one side and 10,000 scientists on the other. That would give a fair representation of the division of opinion in the scientific community. Kenneth Miller
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We want others to know that the debate is not over and we want another referendum in due course.
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The real debate around this witch hunt isnt between us and the Vatican, its between the Vatican and the truth,
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There is a lot of debate right now about who will have the right approach,
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Even before September 11, there was a debate in the administration about whether or not military force should be used to oust Saddam Hussein. You're not going to find one person in the top echelons of the foreign policy and national security establishment in the U.S. government who's going to say that Saddam Hussein should not be out of power.
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This trend of reporting process over substance is unfortunate, if omnipresent. Even worse is the media's inability - or unwillingness - to fact-check Republicans who are angry about the Democrats trying to debate and vote on Iraq policy. Eric Alterman
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The debate [in Undeniable] was nominally about creationism as a "viable" explanation for what we observe around us. For my side, the debate went very well; I'm not sure what I would change, although I can imagine shortening my answers during the rebuttals, perhaps. Bill Nye
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Do not debate! is one of my inventions. Deng Xiaoping