It is said that those whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad. It may well be that a war neurosis stirred up by propaganda of fear and hatred is the prelude to destruction.
John Boyd Orr
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- There can be no peace in the world so long as a large proportion of the population lack the necessities of life and believe that a change of the political and economic system will make them available. World peace must be based on world plenty.
- When the fabric of society is so rigid that it cannot change quickly enough, adjustments are achieved by social unrest and revolutions.
- Measured in time of transport and communication, the whole round globe is now smaller than a small European country was a hundred years ago.
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- Our civilization has evolved through the continuous adjustment of society to the stimulus of new knowledge.