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Mankind are animals that makes bargains, no other animal...

Mankind are animals that makes bargains, no other animal does this.

Quote by Adam Smith about animals

Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the...

Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history.

Quote by Jacques-Yves Cousteau about earth, history, human imperfections

A man may devote himself to death and destruction to save...

A man may devote himself to death and destruction to save a nation; but no nation will devote itself to death and destruction to save mankind.

Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge about people, destruction, nation, death, man

Only the wise possess ideas; the greater part of mankind...

Only the wise possess ideas; the greater part of mankind are possessed by them

Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge about idea

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by...

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Quote by Rudyard Kipling about philosophy

How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world.

How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world.

Quote by William Shakespeare about philosophy, world

A person who has sympathy for mankind in the lump, faith in its future progress, and desire to serve the great cause of this progress, should be called not a humanist, but a humanitarian, and his creed may be designated as humanitarianism.

Quote by Irving Babbitt about progress, faith, future, people

An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous...

An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind.

Quote by Walter Bagehot about quiet

The best reason why Monarchy is a strong government is, that it is an intelligible government. The mass of mankind understand it, and they hardly anywhere in the world understand any other.

Quote by Walter Bagehot about reason, world

The proper study of mankind is woman.

The proper study of mankind is woman.

Quote by Henry B. Adams about woman

I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in providence, for the illumination of the ignorant and the emancipation of the slavish part of mankind all over the earth.

Quote by John Adams about miracle, earth

If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind...

If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve?

Quote by John Adams

Property is surely a right of mankind as real as liberty.

Property is surely a right of mankind as real as liberty.

Quote by John Adams about liberty, rightness, real estate

Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn.

Quote by Joseph Addison about genius, books

He who surpasses or subdues mankind, must look down on...

He who surpasses or subdues mankind, must look down on the hate of those below.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about hate

Above all we should not forget that government is an...

Above all we should not forget that government is an evil, a usurpation upon the private judgement and individual conscience of mankind.

Quote by William Godwin about conscience

The cause of justice is the cause of humanity. Its advocates should overflow with universal good will. We should love this cause, for it conduces to the general happiness of mankind.

Quote by William Godwin about humanity, justice, happiness, good, good luck, love

Jesus was the first socialist, the first to seek a better...

Jesus was the first socialist, the first to seek a better life for mankind.

Quote by Mikhail Gorbachev about life

The forces that are driving mankind toward unity and peace are deep-seated and powerful. They are material and natural, as well as moral and intellectual.

Quote by Arthur Henderson about tirany, force, peace, moral

The vast upheaval of the World War set in motion forces that will either destroy civilization or raise mankind to undreamed of heights of human welfare and prosperity.

Quote by Arthur Henderson about prosperity, destruction, civilization, force, war, human imperfections, world

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