227 Quotes by Karl Popper

There is no history, only histories.

We hate the very idea that our own ideas may be mistaken, so we cling dogmatically to our conjectures.

I personally call the type of government which can be removed without violence 'democracy,' and the other, 'tyranny.'.

Plato felt that a complete reconstruction of society's political program was needed.

I have learned more from Hayek than from any other living thinker, except perhaps Alfred Tarski - but not even excepting Russell.

Bold ideas, unjustified anticipations, and speculative thought, are our only means for interpreting nature: our only organon, our only instrument, for grasping her. And we must hazard them to win our prize. Those among us who are unwilling to expose their ideas to the hazard of refutation do not take part in the scientific game.

no matter how many instances of white swans we may have observed, this does not justify the conclusion that all swans are white.

All life is problem solving.

What we call nowadays totalitarianism belongs to a tradition which is just as old or just as young as our civilization itself.