Jason Manford

“I ask for, not at once no government, but at once a better government.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience

“The Elements is arguably the most influential mathematical text in history.”
― Amir Alexander, Infinitesimal: How a Dangerous Mathematical Theory Shaped the Modern World

“The business of scepticism is to be dangerous. Scepticism challenges established institutions. If we teach everybody, including, say, high school students, habits of sceptical thought, they will probably not restrict their scepticism to UFOs, aspirin commercials and 35,000-year-old channellees. Maybe they’ll start asking awkward questions about economic, or social, or political, or religious institutions. Perhaps they’ll challenge the opinions of those in power. Then where would we be?”
― Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

“For it matters not how small the beginning may seem to be: what is once well done is done forever.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience