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title: "2 Halford John Mackinder Quotes"
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# Halford John Mackinder

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Sir Halford John Mackinder was a British geographer, academic and politician, who is regarded as one of the founding fathers of both geopolitics and geostrategy. He is considered to have introduced the terms "manpower" and "heartland" into the English language. He was the first Principal of Universi

##  Quotes by Halford John Mackinder

> [“For the first time we can perceive something of the real proportion of features and events on the stage of the whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/halford-john-mackinder/for-the-first-time-we-can-perceive-something-of-the-real-proportion/)

[Halford John Mackinder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/halford-john-mackinder/)

[First time](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/first-time/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a93/halford-john-mackinder-102017_first-time_for-the-first-time-we-can-perceive-somet_1021651.jpg)

> [“Man and not nature initiates, but nature in large measure controls.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/halford-john-mackinder/man-and-not-nature-initiates-but-nature-in-large-measure-controls/)

[Halford John Mackinder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/halford-john-mackinder/)

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