When the Industrial Revolution of the nineteenth century brought a rapid increase in wealth, the demand of workers for a fair share… — John Boyd Orr Copy Share Image
The stabilizing influence of the modern social welfare state emerged only after World War II, nearly 200 years on from the 18th-century… — Moshe Vardi Copy Share Image
One thing I am sure about Manchester is that people are proud of their history. They are proud of their football, music,… — Vincent Kompany Copy Share Image
Rockefeller viewed his philanthropy through the lens of his business, and it really mirrored the Industrial Revolution. It was highly centralized, it… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
I'm fascinated by the period that goes from the Industrial Revolution to right after World War II. There's something about that period… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
The industrial revolution has tended to produce everywhere great urban masses that seem to be increasingly careless of ethical standards. — Irving Babbitt Copy Share Image
The industrial revolution in England was only made possible through intensified agriculture and the use of coal for manufacturing, which delivered far… — Michael Shellenberger Copy Share Image
When you brought the Industrial Revolution in, all of a sudden India and China went from being the dominant global powers to… — Juan Enriquez Copy Share Image
The main thing is that Ataturk saw the desperate condition of the countries that had not had an industrial revolution. Ataturk saw… — Ahmet Ertegun Copy Share Image
“Honey, it isn’t democracy that runs this country. Capitalism rules. It does no good to reason with the capitalists or their politicians.… — Jerry Ash Copy Share Image
“To the RKO motion picture camera at her 100th birthday party: “I pray for the day when working men and women are… — Jerry Ash Copy Share Image
Liberty and morality had to win their way slowly over many centuries, until finally expanding liberty made possible the great technological advance… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
“The struggle against slavery went on forever, the struggle for women's rights has been going on for centuries, the effort to overcome"wage… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“The Industrial Revolution appears to be in its final stages and it will be remembered as a time where industrial stock markets… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
You've got to reach towards a better language, and you're not going to make it up from scratch; you've got to reach… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
Childhood is not dead. Children were worse off when we were hunter-gatherers; they were threatened in medieval times and exploited during the… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
“1. The Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race. They have greatly increased the life-expectancy of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“In the nineteenth century the Industrial Revolution created a huge urban proletariat, and socialism spread because no other creed managed to answer… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“The solution, Britain and its colonial leaders decided, was to import people who were loyal - but not necessarily inventive or talented… — Doug Saunders Copy Share Image
I have a personal staff that helps me scour the internet and other media for the latest scientific peer-reviewed findings, the latest… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
Regular crises perpetuate the past by reinvigorating cycles which started long ago. In contrast, (capital-C) Crises are the past's death knell. They… — Yanis Varoufakis Copy Share Image
Many people keep deploring the low level of formal education in the United states (as defined by, say, math grades). Yet these… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
“There are a lot of things that aren’t your fault. Or mine, either. Not the fault of prophecies, or curses, or DNA,… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“The techno-medical model of maternity care, unlike the midwifery model, is comparatively new on the world scene, having existed for barely two… — Ina May Gaskin Copy Share Image
“Our current education system was created in the late 1800s and early 1900s, and was modeled after the new factories of the… — Robert Epstein Copy Share Image
“Nonetheless, many people, and especially intellectuals, passionately loathe capitalism. As they see it, this ghastly mode of society’s economic organization has brought… — Ludwig Von Mises Copy Share Image
“The synergies between extractive economic and political institutions create a vicious circle, where extractive institutions, once in place, tend to persist. Similarly,… — Daron Acemoğlu Copy Share Image
Coding is like writing, and we live in a time of the new industrial revolution. What's happened is that maybe everybody knows… — Susan Wojcicki Copy Share Image
I am always struck by the fact that human awareness of our place in nature, like so much of modern science, began… — Kenneth R. Miller Copy Share Image
“Sickness, disease and premature death may be the outcome for those that cannot figure out how to adapt to the man-made world… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
I'm very interested in the new industrial revolution, what we do in terms of energy, developing the north, ensuring there are jobs… — Claire Fox Copy Share Image
Zippers are primal and modern at the very same time. On the one hand, your zipper is primitive and reptilian, on the… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
“The Renaissance established the dignity of man. The Industrial Revolution established the unity of nature. That” — Jacob Bronowski Copy Share Image
It's obvious the Green Industrial Revolution will challenge orthodox political and economic thinking. That requires bravery from both politicians and electorates. — Clive Lewis Copy Share Image
In the industrial revolution Britain led the world in advances that enabled mass production: trade exchanges, transportation, factory technology and new skills… — Lucy Powell Copy Share Image
The Futurists were an art movement in the early 20th century which basically glorified machines and the Industrial Revolution. — Britt Daniel Copy Share Image
Education should not be about building more schools and maintaining a system that dates back to the Industrial Revolution. We can achieve… — Naveen Jain Copy Share Image
To join in the industrial revolution, you needed to open a factory; in the Internet revolution, you need to open a laptop. — Alexis Ohanian Copy Share Image
“At heart, the Industrial Revolution has been a revolution in energy conversion. It has demonstrated again and again that there is no… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
To think that the new economy is over is like somebody in London in 1830 saying the entire industrial revolution is over… — Alvin Toffler Copy Share Image