What did David Brin mean by: The three basic material rights — continuity, mutual obligation, and the pursuit of happiness. - David Brin Scientist · USA Copy
+ What point was there in pursuing an ever-elusive popularity? Feraz Zeid, June 28, 2023December 12, 2023, David Brin, Popularity, 0 - David Brin Scientist · USA
+ Why must conversions always come so late? Why do people always apologize to corpses? Feraz Zeid, January 4, 2024February 7, 2024, David Brin, Apology, Carpe Diem, Death, 0 - David Brin Scientist · USA
+ Beware of assumptions that seem “obvious” in one decade. They may become quaint in the next. Feraz Zeid, January 4, 2024January 7, 2024, David Brin, Assumption, 0 - David Brin Scientist · USA
+ Patience is fine, but I’m not going to stop asking the Universe to make sense! Feraz Zeid, January 4, 2024January 7, 2024, David Brin, Asking, Fine, Make Sense, 0 - David Brin Scientist · USA
+ I find humans tremendously interesting Feraz Zeid, June 27, 2023December 12, 2023, David Brin, Human, Interesting, 0 - David Brin Scientist · USA
+ A neurosis defends itself by coming up with rationalizations to explain away bizarre behavior. Feraz Zeid, January 4, 2024January 7, 2024, David Brin, Behavior, Bizarre, Neurosis, 0 - David Brin Scientist · USA
+ Cultural contamination that is directed outward is always seen as ‘enlightenment.’ Feraz Zeid, January 4, 2024January 7, 2024, David Brin, Enlightenment, 0 - David Brin Scientist · USA
+ Creative people see Prometheus in a mirror, never Pandora. Feraz Zeid, July 26, 2023December 12, 2023, David Brin, Mirrors, 0 - David Brin Scientist · USA
The future of Haiti must be linked to the respect of the rights of every single citizen. - Jean-Bertrand Aristide Politician · Haiti
We are all equal, rich and poor and we need a society where the people enjoy their rights. - Jean-Bertrand Aristide Politician · Haiti
Never exceed your rights, and they will soon become unlimited. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
To renounce freedom is to renounce one’s humanity, one’s rights as a man and equally one’s duties. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
Establish democracy at home, based on human rights as superior to property rights. . . . - Jeannette Rankin Politician · USA
[Louis Brandeis] believes in natural rights of speech and liberty and the right to pursue happiness. - Jeffrey Rosen Scholar · USA
To me, that’s the key thing, the pursuit of happiness. That’s the basic, ultimate freedom. - Jerry Garcia