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.

Quote by John Boyd Orr

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Some think the worst horrors of war might be avoided by an international agreement not...

Some think the worst horrors of war might be avoided by an international agreement not...

Though the general principles of statecraft have survived the rise and fall of empires, every...

Though the general principles of statecraft have survived the rise and fall of empires, every...

After the First World War the economic problem was no longer one of production. It...

After the First World War the economic problem was no longer one of production. It...

Our civilization has evolved through the continuous adjustment of society to the stimulus of new...

Our civilization has evolved through the continuous adjustment of society to the stimulus of new...

If the views I have expressed be right, we can think of our civilization evolving...

If the views I have expressed be right, we can think of our civilization evolving...

We are now physically, politically, and economically one world and nations so interdependent that the...

We are now physically, politically, and economically one world and nations so interdependent that the...

Nearly every country in the world is now becoming industrialized as rapidly as it can.

Nearly every country in the world is now becoming industrialized as rapidly as it can.

It is said that those whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad....

It is said that those whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad....

Empires won by conquest have always fallen either by revolt within or by defeat by...

Empires won by conquest have always fallen either by revolt within or by defeat by...

There can be no peace in the world so long as a large proportion of...

There can be no peace in the world so long as a large proportion of...

As we have seen, the wireless and the airplane have made the world so small...

As we have seen, the wireless and the airplane have made the world so small...

Some wars have been due to the lust of rulers for power and glory, or...

Some wars have been due to the lust of rulers for power and glory, or...

In recent times, European nations, with the use of gunpowder and other technical improvements in...

In recent times, European nations, with the use of gunpowder and other technical improvements in...

When the fabric of society is so rigid that it cannot change quickly enough, adjustments...

When the fabric of society is so rigid that it cannot change quickly enough, adjustments...

In the last five or six thousand years, empires one after another have arisen, waxed...

In the last five or six thousand years, empires one after another have arisen, waxed...

When the Industrial Revolution of the nineteenth century brought a rapid increase in wealth, the...

When the Industrial Revolution of the nineteenth century brought a rapid increase in wealth, the...

The history of our civilization has been one of intermittent war.

The history of our civilization has been one of intermittent war.

The real evil of the Russian communist state is not communism. It is the secret...

The real evil of the Russian communist state is not communism. It is the secret...

Our civilization is now in the transition stage between the age of warring empires and...

Our civilization is now in the transition stage between the age of warring empires and...

However difficult it may be to bring it about, some form of world government, with...

However difficult it may be to bring it about, some form of world government, with...