I divide the world into three Classes - The few who make things happen, the many who watch … - Nicholas Murray Butler

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There is no indisputable proof for the big bang," said Hollus. "And there is none for evolution. And yet you accept those. Why hold the question of whether there is a creator to a higher standard?

Nicholas Murray Butler

I divide the world into three Classes - The few who make things happen, the many who watch things happen, the overwhelming majority who have no notion of what happens.

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