Mankind Quotes

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Bankruptcies of governments have, on the whole, done less harm to mankind than their ability to raise loans. — R. H. Tawney
Sex, a great and mysterious motive force in human life, has indisputably been a subject of absorbing interest to mankind through the ages. — William J. Brennan
Boosting mankind's capability for coping with complex, urgent problems — Douglas Engelbart
The greatest temptation for the like of us is: to renounce violence, to repent, to make peace with oneself. Most revolutionaries fell before this temptation,… — Arthur Koestler
The Chancellor, the late Chancellor, was only partly correct, he was obsolete. But so was the State, the entity he worshipped. Any state, any entity,… — Rod Serling
Human beings, like plants, grow in the soil of acceptance, not in the atmosphere of rejection. — John Powell
Chemistry itself knows altogether too well that - given the real fear that the scarcity of global resources and energy might threaten the unity of… — Kenichi Fukui
So it was that the war in the air began. Men rode upon the whirlwind that night and slew and fell like archangels. The sky… — H.G. Wells
My efforts to prevent closing of the gold window-working through Connally, Volcker, and Shultz-do not seem to have succeeded. The gold window may have to… — Arthur F. Burns
Whilst so much is being done in the world, to ameliorate the condition of mankind, and the spirit of Freedom is marching with rapid strides… — James Forten
A nation must be embraced, rehabilitated and expressed as a tangible sign of human creativity and as an integral element of mankinds heritage. — Abdelaziz Bouteflika
The great ideals of the past failed not by being outlived (which must mean over-lived), but by not being lived enough. Mankind has not passed… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
In my view, all that is necessary for faith is the belief that by doing our best we shall succeed in our aims: the improvement… — Rosalind Franklin
We have to take away from humans in the long run their reproductive autonomy as the only way to guarantee the advancement of mankind. — Francis Crick
I do not believe making money in order to consume goods is mankind's sole purpose on this planet. — Bill Hicks
I was told when I grew up I could be anything I wanted: a fireman, a policeman, a doctor – even President, it seemed. And… — Bill Hicks
Whether at home or abroad, the task of statesman is to work with human nature warts and all, and to draw on instincts and even… — Margaret Thatcher
You can become a Communist only when you enrich your mind with a knowledge of all the treasures created by mankind. — Vladimir Lenin
Our aim is to achieve a socialist system of society, which, by eliminating the division of mankind into classes, by eliminating all exploitation of man… — Vladimir Lenin
Mankind will someday realize that we are actually in contact with the dead and with the other world, whatever it is; right now we could… — Jack Kerouac
Which, I wonder, brother reader, is the better lot, to die prosperous and famous, or poor and disappointed? To have, and to be forced to… — William Makepeace Thackeray
The future of mankind lies waiting for those who will come to understand their lives and take up their responsibilities to all living things. — Vine Deloria, Jr.
All great questions must be raised by great voices, and the greatest voice is the voice of the people - speaking out - in prose,… — Robert Kennedy
Mankind, by the perverse depravity of their nature, esteem that which they have most desired as of no value the moment it is possessed, and… — Francois Fenelon
World federalists hold before us the vision of a unified mankind living in peace under a just world order... The heart of their program-a world… — U Thant

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