Albert Einstein Quotes
Laws alone cannot secure freedom of expression; in order that every man present his views without penalty there must be a spirit of tolerance in the entire population.
Part of a larger quote about scientific freedom: see related quote.
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See Sidney Hook for a later, similar view: {603761} Ingersoll was considered to be the greatest orator and political thinker of his day, but his overt atheistic views curtailed his elected political career.
Said, one of the leading American academic intellectuals and an Arab, was together with many other Muslim intellectuals, anguished at the lack of basic intellectual freedom in most Muslim nations and all Arab countries. The only Middle Eastern country in which Arabs had freedoms of expression political and otherwise was at the time, ironically Israel.
- Born: March 14, 1879
- Died: April 18, 1955
- Nationality: German, Swiss, American
- Profession: Physicist
Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist, widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest physicists of all time. Einstein is known for developing the theory of relativity, but he also made important contributions to the development of the theory of quantum mechanics. Relativity and quantum mechanics are together the two pillars of modern physics. His mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc2, which arises from relativity theory, has been dubbed "the world's most famous equation". His work is also known for its influence on the philosophy of science. He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect", a pivotal step in the development of quantum theory. His intellectual achievements and originality resulted in "Einstein" becoming synonymous with "genius".
