"Much of human history has consisted of unequal……" — Jared Diamond
"Much of human history has consisted of unequal conflicts between the haves and the have-nots."
—
Jared Diamond
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
88 Quotes by Jared Diamond
Jared Diamond has 88 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
Today Charles Darwin is best known for establishing the fact of evolution and for recognizing the major role of natural…
-
Recent discoveries about apes suggest, however, that a gorilla or common chimp stands at least as good a chance being…
-
In parts of Montana, salt concentrations in soil water, have reached those double those of seawater.
-
In contrast [to trees and fish], oil, metals, and coal are not renewable; they don't reproduce, sprout, or have sex…
-
The Anasazi did manage to construct in stone the largest and tallest buildings erected in North America until the Chicago…
-
Not until the beginning of the 20th century did Europe's urban populations finally become self-sustaining: before then, constant immigration of…
-
The history of interactions among disparate peoples is what shaped the modern world through conquest, epidemics and genocide. Those collisions…
-
One way to explain the complexity and unpredictability of historical systems, despite their ultimate determinacy, is to note that long…
-
When you have seen the errors in which you live, you will understand the good that we have done you…
-
The past was still a Golden Age, of ignorance, while the present is an Iron Age of willful bliss.
-
It invites a search for ultimate causes: why were Europeans, rather than Africans or Native Americans, the ones to end…
-
Besides justifying the transfer of wealth to kleptocrats, institutionalized religion brings two other important benefits to centralized societies. First, shared…
See all 88 quotes by Jared Diamond »
More Conflict Quotes
This quote is filed under Conflict Quotes,
one of 1,892 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
Zionism was originally a rebellion against religious Judaism and the PLO Charter was essentially secularist. But because the conflict was…
— Karen Armstrong
-
I definitely see the good in people. Certainly in my own life I strive to be somebody who is functional…
— Alan Ball
-
Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.
— James M. Barrie
-
It is easy to romanticize poverty, to see poor people as inherently lacking agency and will. It is easy to…
— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
-
The life of the community, both domestically and internationally, clearly demonstrates that respect for rights, and the guarantees that follow…
— Pope Benedict XVI
-
Nothing is given to man on earth - struggle is built into the nature of life, and conflict is possible…
— Andrew Bernstein
-
The number of stressors has multiplied exponentially: traffic, money, success, work/life balance, the economy, the environment, parenting, family conflict, relationships,…
— Andrew Bernstein
-
Compromise, n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has got what…
— Ambrose Bierce
-
Those who wish to cause religious conflict are small in number but often manage to dominate the headline.
— Tony Blair
-
Conflict is not inevitable, but disarmament is... everyone now accepts that if there is a default by Saddam the international…
— Tony Blair
-
I think I'm drawn to characters with complexity or who are under duress in some way and have some conflict…
— Emily Blunt
-
The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too…
— Napoleon Bonaparte
See all 1,892 Conflict Quotes »