„The principles on which to base a science of administration for America, must be principles which have democratic policy very much at heart.“

— Woodrow Wilson

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„It [science] has as its highest principle and most coveted aim the solution of the problem to condense all natural phenomena which have been observed and are still to be observed into one simple principle, that allows the computation of past and more especially of future processes from present ones. …Amid the more or less general laws which mark the achievements of physical science during the course of the last centuries, the principle of least action is perhaps that which, as regards form and content, may claim to come nearest to that ideal final aim of theoretical research.“
— Max Planck
„There is a fundamental difference between religion, which is based on authority and science, which is based on observation and reason. Science will win, because it works.“
— Stephen Hawking
„Ricardo's "science" was founded on the principle that capital is more or less immobile and labor highly mobile. We are enjoined today to worship the consequences of Ricardo's science, despite the fact that the assumptions on which they are based have been reversed: capital is highly mobile, and labor virtually immobile -- libertarian conservatives lead the way in rejecting Adam Smith's principle that "free circulation of labor" is a cornerstone of free trade, in keeping with their contempt for markets“
— Noam Chomsky
„Consider that as a principle of love is the main principle in the heart of a real Christian, so the labor of love, is the main business of the Christian life.“
— Jonathan Edwards