Mankind Quotes

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As long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than on their benefactors, the thirst of military glory will ever… — Edward Gibbon
I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war you get to drive tanks through the sides of buildings and shoot foreigners… — P.J. O'Rourke
Propaganda must appeal to mankind's better judgment and to the necessary belief in a better future. For this belief, the valley of the shadow of… — Christian Lous Lange
For me, a rocket is only a means--only a method of reaching the depths of space--and not an end in itself... There's no doubt that… — Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
It seems that every time mankind is given a lot of energy, we go out and wreck something with it. — David R. Brower
Mankind is considered (by the radical environmentalists) the lowest and the meanest of all species and is blamed for everything. — Dixie Lee Ray
A large proportion of mankind, like pigeons and partridges, on reaching maturity, having passed through a period of playfulness or promiscuity, establish what they hope… — C. D. Darlington
Sometimes the greatest victories we can make for mankind are the victories we make over ourselves. — Wes Fesler
I never yet heard man or woman much abused that I was not inclined to think the better of them, and to transfer the suspicion… — Jane Porter
...convince all nuclear powers, including those which have been more reluctant up to now, of the necessity to respect the "vital interests" of all peoples… — Alfonso Garcia Robles
And then, there will be some black men who can remember that, with silent tongue, and clenched teeth, and steady eye, and well-poised bayonnet, they… — Abraham Lincoln
Butler is branded a felon, an outlaw, an enemy of Mankind, and so ordered that in the event of his capture, the officer in command… — Jefferson Davis
Among the lower classes of mankind there will be found very little desire of any other knowledge than what may contribute immediately to the relief… — Samuel Johnson
But the distant hope of being one day useful or eminent ought not to mislead us too far from that study which is equally requisite… — Samuel Johnson
Capitalism is not the system of the past; it is the system of the future -- if mankind is to have a future — Ayn Rand
There are some troubles from which mankind can never escape .... have never claimed that liberty will bring perfection; they simply say that its results… — Benjamin Tucker
That is probable which for the most part usually comes to pass, or which is a part of the ordinary beliefs of mankind. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Grace is the free, undeserved goodness and favor of God to mankind. — Matthew Henry
For the last month I have been a strict vegetarian. The moral effects of this regime are immense, owing to the voluntary subjugation of the… — Gustav Mahler
Because we live in a largely free society, we tend to forget how limited is the span of time and the part of the globe… — Milton Friedman
Kant is the most evil man in mankind's history. — Ayn Rand
Weak, feeble and foolish as it may seem to people, the simple story of the Cross is enough for all mankind in every part of… — J C Ryle
I certainly feel that the time is not far distant when a knowledge of the principles of diet will be an essential part of ones… — Fannie Farmer
So little have thee first Christians (who despoiled the Jews of their Bible) understood the first four chapters of Genesis in their esoteric meaning, that… — H. P. Blavatsky
There is only one hope for mankind — and that is democratic Socialism. — Aneurin Bevan

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