Home / Quotes / Quote by Claude Adrien Helvetius

Quote by Claude Adrien Helvetius

“Must we, under the happy hope of a false tranquility, sacrifice to the people in power the public welfare, and under vain pretence of preserving the peace, abandon the empire to robbers who would plunder it”

Quote by Claude Adrien Helvetius

Author

Claude Adrien Helvetius

Claude Adrien Helvetius was a French philosopher born on January 26, 1715, and died on December 26, 1771. His ideas had a profound impact on the Enlightenment, particularly for his discussions on freedom, equality, and natural rights. more

You May Also Like

“The effect of that is to poison the flow of information to the President himself and to create a situation where a President can be almost, to use a metaphor, psychotically divorced from the realities in which he is acting.”

Use Reality President Church Acting Situation Effects Information Flow Metaphor Corruption Poison Divorced

Book:Papers on the war

Source: Papers on the war

“Surely no rational or realistic person will discount the possibility that [during wartime] the United States might suddenly resort to nuclear weapons. Those who retain the instinct for survival, not to speak of minimal concern for their fellow man, will seek ways to act before rather than after the event.”

“Our crimes, for which we are responsible: as taxpayers, for failing to provide massive reparations, for granting refuge and immunity to the perpetrators, and for allowing the terrible facts to be sunk deep in the memory hole. All of this is of great significance, as it has been in the past.”

Has Beens Facts Past Church Memories Failing Crime Terrible Responsible Corruption Holes Significance Massive Allowing Refuge Taxpayers Immunity Perpetrators Reparations

Book:9-11 [neuf-onze]

Source: 9-11 [neuf-onze]

“It's amazing how people can get so excited about a rocket to the moon and not give a damn about smog, oil leaks, the devastation of the environment with pesticides, hunger, disease. When the poor share some of the power that the affluent now monopolize, we will give a damn.”

People Giving Church Poor Environment Share Moon Disease Environmental Hunger Corruption Excited Oil Damn Pollution Rockets Leaks Devastation Affluent Pesticides Smog

Book:An Organizer's Tale: Speeches

Source: An Organizer's Tale: Speeches

“We speak here of the challenge of the dichotomies of war and peace, violence and non-violence, racism and human dignity, oppression and repression and liberty and human rights, poverty and freedom from want.”

Want Humans War Speak Challenges Liberty Poverty Rights Violence Racism Dignity Human Rights Oppression South Africa Repression Non Violence Human Dignity Dichotomy

Book:Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom

Source: Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom

“Poverty is not only about income poverty, it is about the deprivation of economic and social rights, insecurity, discrimination, exclusion and powerlessness. That is why human rights must not be ignored but given even greater prominence in times of economic crisis.”

Humans Given Social Poverty Greater Rights Economic Crisis Human Rights Income Discrimination Insecurity Ignored Exclusion Deprivation Powerlessness Economic Crisis Prominence

Author:Irene Khan

“The MDGs have been useful in moving human rights and development discourse together and in highlighting the need for greater accountability at all levels.”

Needs Humans Has Beens Together Moving Levels Greater Rights Development Human Rights Accountability Discourse Highlighting Mdgs

Author:Mary Robinson

“Know your goal, make a plan and pull the trigger”

Knows Inspiration Motivation Goal Plans Triggers

Author:Phil McGraw

“To become fully alive a person must have goals and aims that transcend himself.”

Persons Inspiration Motivation Goal Alive Aim

Author:Herbert Otto Gille

“Big goals get big results. No goals gets no results or somebody else's results.”

Bigs Inspiration Motivation Goal Results Setting Goals

Author:Mark Victor Hansen