There's nothing wrong in suffering, if you suffer for a purpose. Our revolution didn't abolish danger or death. It simply made danger and death worthwhile.

Quote by H G Wells

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If we don't end war, war will end us.

If we don't end war, war will end us.

Biologically the species is the accumulation of the experiments of all its successful individuals since...

Biologically the species is the accumulation of the experiments of all its successful individuals since...

What really matters is what you do with what you have.

What really matters is what you do with what you have.

Our true nationality is mankind.

Our true nationality is mankind.

The path of social advancement is, and must be, strewn with broken friendships.

The path of social advancement is, and must be, strewn with broken friendships.

Crime and bad lives are the measure of a State's failure, all crime in the...

Crime and bad lives are the measure of a State's failure, all crime in the...

It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not pay with...

It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not pay with...

The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow.

The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow.

Cynicism is humor in ill health.

Cynicism is humor in ill health.

Human history in essence is the history of ideas.

Human history in essence is the history of ideas.

A time will come when a politician who has willfully made war and promoted international...

A time will come when a politician who has willfully made war and promoted international...

I want to go ahead of Father Time with a scythe of my own.

I want to go ahead of Father Time with a scythe of my own.

The uglier a man's legs are, the better he plays golf - it's almost a...

The uglier a man's legs are, the better he plays golf - it's almost a...

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.

In England we have come to rely upon a comfortable time-lag of fifty years or...

In England we have come to rely upon a comfortable time-lag of fifty years or...

The doctrine of the Kingdom of Heaven, which was the main teaching of Jesus, is...

The doctrine of the Kingdom of Heaven, which was the main teaching of Jesus, is...

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

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

Rulers do not reduce taxes to be kind. Expediency and greed create high taxation, and...

Rulers do not reduce taxes to be kind. Expediency and greed create high taxation, and...

Perhaps catastrophe is the natural human environment, and even though we spend a good deal...

Perhaps catastrophe is the natural human environment, and even though we spend a good deal...

History is philosophy learned from examples

History is philosophy learned from examples