Great nations are simply the operating fronts of behind-the-scenes, vastly ambitious individuals who had become so effectively powerful because of their ability to remain invisible while operating behind the national scenery.

Quote by R Buckminster Fuller

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I just invent, then wait until man comes around to needing what I've invented.

I just invent, then wait until man comes around to needing what I've invented.

Most of my advances were by mistake. You uncover what is when you get rid...

Most of my advances were by mistake. You uncover what is when you get rid...

Either war is obsolete, or men are.

Either war is obsolete, or men are.

My ideas have undergone a process of emergence by emergency. When they are needed badly...

My ideas have undergone a process of emergence by emergency. When they are needed badly...

Tension is the great integrity.

Tension is the great integrity.

Tombs are the clothes of the dead and a grave is a plain suit; while...

Tombs are the clothes of the dead and a grave is a plain suit; while...

Integrity is the essence of everything successful.

Integrity is the essence of everything successful.

Now there is one outstanding important fact regarding spaceship earth, and that is that no...

Now there is one outstanding important fact regarding spaceship earth, and that is that no...

Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.

Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.

There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.

There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.

The most important thing about Spaceship Earth - an instruction book didn't come with it.

The most important thing about Spaceship Earth - an instruction book didn't come with it.

Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.

Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.

The earth is like a spaceship that didn't come with an operating manual.

The earth is like a spaceship that didn't come with an operating manual.

Those who play with the devil's toys will be brought by degrees to wield his...

Those who play with the devil's toys will be brought by degrees to wield his...

How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere...

How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere...

A designer is an emerging synthesis of artist, inventor, mechanic, objective economist and evolutionary strategist.

A designer is an emerging synthesis of artist, inventor, mechanic, objective economist and evolutionary strategist.

War is the ultimate tool of politics.

War is the ultimate tool of politics.

We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.

We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.

Don't fight forces, use them.

Don't fight forces, use them.

Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the thought...

Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the thought...