Galileo was no idiot. Only an idiot could believe that science requires martyrdom - that may be necessary in religion, but in time a scientific result will establish itself.
David Hilbert
If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone.
Thomas Hardy
Is it possible that I am not alone in believing that in the dispute between Galileo and the Church, the Church was right and the centre of man's universe is the earth?
Stephen Vizinczey
Kinsey would identify himself with Galileo in moments of feelings of persecution.
Bill Condon
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