History is a race between education and catastrophe.

Quote by H G Wells

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The past is but the past of a beginning.

The past is but the past of a beginning.

In politics, strangely enough, the best way to play your cards is to lay them...

In politics, strangely enough, the best way to play your cards is to lay them...

Leaders should lead as far as they can and then vanish. Their ashes should not...

Leaders should lead as far as they can and then vanish. Their ashes should not...

She writes like a loom, producing her broad rich fabric with hardly a thought of...

She writes like a loom, producing her broad rich fabric with hardly a thought of...

Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the...

Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the...

I must confess that my imagination refuses to see any sort of submarine doing anything...

I must confess that my imagination refuses to see any sort of submarine doing anything...

Once the command of the air is obtained by one of the contending armies, the...

Once the command of the air is obtained by one of the contending armies, the...

Advertising is legalized lying.

Advertising is legalized lying.

Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.

Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.

We are living in 1937, and our universities, I suggest, are not half-way out of...

We are living in 1937, and our universities, I suggest, are not half-way out of...

While there is a chance of the world getting through its troubles, I hold that...

While there is a chance of the world getting through its troubles, I hold that...

We are living in 1937, and our universities, I suggest, are not half-way out of...

We are living in 1937, and our universities, I suggest, are not half-way out of...

Our true nationality is mankind.

Our true nationality is mankind.

Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.

Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.

I had rather be called a journalist than an artist.

I had rather be called a journalist than an artist.

The past is the beginning of the beginning and all that is and has been...

The past is the beginning of the beginning and all that is and has been...

Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.

Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.

I want you to believe-I do believe-that you did everything in your power to prevent...

I want you to believe-I do believe-that you did everything in your power to prevent...

War is a series of catastrophes which result in victory.

War is a series of catastrophes which result in victory.

We have been terrorised by what happened in America and we express our condolences to...

We have been terrorised by what happened in America and we express our condolences to...

This only is denied to God: the power to undo the past.

This only is denied to God: the power to undo the past.