Though the general principles of statecraft have survived the rise and fall of empires, every increase in knowledge has brought about changes in the political, economic, and social structure.

Quote by John Boyd Orr

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The increase of territory and power of empires by force of arms has been the...

The increase of territory and power of empires by force of arms has been the...

During the last war when there was a market for everything that could be produced,...

During the last war when there was a market for everything that could be produced,...

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...

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...

Science has produced such powerful weapons that in a war between great powers there would...

Science has produced such powerful weapons that in a war between great powers there would...

As I have tried to show, science, in producing the airplane and the wireless, has...

As I have tried to show, science, in producing the airplane and the wireless, has...

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...

Measured in time of transport and communication, the whole round globe is now smaller than...

Measured in time of transport and communication, the whole round globe is now smaller than...

In the last fifty years science has advanced more than in the 2,000 previous years...

In the last fifty years science has advanced more than in the 2,000 previous years...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

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....