Mankind Quotes

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God invented mankind because he loved silly stories. Ralph Steadman I like being absurd. — Jimmy Fallon
Those who would most scornfully repudiate Christianity as a mere "opiate of the people" have a contempt for the rich, that is, for all mankind… — C.S. Lewis
When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great thought, another is born who is able to understand and… — Joseph Joubert
I have a fundamental belief in the Bible as the Word of God, written by men who were inspired. I study the Bible daily. Opposition… — Isaac Newton
It is not at all incredible, that a book which has been so long in the possession of mankind should contain many truths as yet… — Joseph Butler
I believe that religion, generally speaking, has been a curse to mankind - that its modest and greatly overestimated services on the ethical side have… — H. L. Mencken
We are about to make motherhood a crime. No civilized government in the history of mankind has ever done this. — Unknown Author
If atomic bombs are to be added as new weapons to the arsenals of a warring world, or to the arsenals of nations preparing for… — J. Robert Oppenheimer
It were indeed to be wish'd that our art had been less ingenious, in contriving means destructive to mankind; we mean those instruments of war,… — Herman Boerhaave
The conflict that exists today is no more than an old-style struggle for power, once again presented to mankind in semireligious trappings. The difference is… — Albert Einstein
Resort to science has rendered modern war so destructive of life and property that it presents a new problem to mankind, such, that unless our… — Unknown Author
The Holy Koran tells us, 'O mankind! We have created you male and a female; and we have made you into nations and tribes so… — Barack Obama
When I contemplate the natural dignity of man; when I feel (for Nature has not been kind enough to me to blunt my feelings) for… — Thomas Paine
The trade of governing has always been monopolized by the most ignorant and the most rascally individuals of mankind. — Thomas Paine
[If you understood the natural rights of mankind,] [y]ou would be convinced that natural liberty is a gift of the beneficent Creator to the whole… — Alexander Hamilton
The strongest and most evil spirits have to date advanced mankind the most: they always rekindled the sleeping passions - all orderly arranged society lulls… — Friedrich Nietzsche
The bulk of mankind is as well equipped for flying as thinking. — Jonathan Swift
It is for the good of nations, and not for the emolument or aggrandizement of particular individuals, that government ought to be established, and that… — Thomas Paine
Christ said, "I and my father are one", and you repeat it. Yet it has not helped mankind. For nineteen hundred years men have not… — Swami Vivekananda
"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." This sentence alone would save mankind if all books and prophets were lost. This… — Swami Vivekananda

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