In the last fifty years science has advanced more than in the 2,000 previous years and given mankind greater powers over the forces of nature than the ancients ascribed to their gods.
When the Industrial Revolution of the nineteenth century brought a rapid increase in wealth, the demand of workers for a fair share of the wealth the… - John Boyd Orr
When the Industrial Revolution of the nineteenth century brought a rapid increase in wealth, the demand of workers for a fair share of the wealth the…
- John Boyd Orr
We are now physically, politically, and economically one world and nations so interdependent that the absolute national sovereignty of nations is no … - John Boyd Orr
We are now physically, politically, and economically one world and nations so interdependent that the absolute national sovereignty of nations is no …
Our civilization has evolved through the continuous adjustment of society to the stimulus of new knowledge. - John Boyd Orr
Our civilization has evolved through the continuous adjustment of society to the stimulus of new knowledge.
In recent times, European nations, with the use of gunpowder and other technical improvements in warfare, controlled practically the whole world. One… - John Boyd Orr
In recent times, European nations, with the use of gunpowder and other technical improvements in warfare, controlled practically the whole world. One…
When the fabric of society is so rigid that it cannot change quickly enough, adjustments are achieved by social unrest and revolutions. - John Boyd Orr
When the fabric of society is so rigid that it cannot change quickly enough, adjustments are achieved by social unrest and revolutions.
Empires won by conquest have always fallen either by revolt within or by defeat by a rival. - John Boyd Orr
Empires won by conquest have always fallen either by revolt within or by defeat by a rival.
Our civilization is now in the transition stage between the age of warring empires and a new age of world unity and peace. - John Boyd Orr
Our civilization is now in the transition stage between the age of warring empires and a new age of world unity and peace.
The real evil of the Russian communist state is not communism. It is the secret police and the concentration camp. - John Boyd Orr
The real evil of the Russian communist state is not communism. It is the secret police and the concentration camp.
Some wars have been due to the lust of rulers for power and glory, or to revenge to wipe out the humiliation of a former defeat. - John Boyd Orr
Some wars have been due to the lust of rulers for power and glory, or to revenge to wipe out the humiliation of a former defeat.
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