“All the advantages that man has gained from his ever-deepening understanding of the natural world that surrounds him, his technological, chemical and medical progress, all of which should seem to alleviate human suffering... tends instead to favor humanity's destruction.” MenWorldShouldHumansSeemsSufferingHumanityUnderstandingNaturalProgressAdvantageDestructionMedicalFavorsSurroundChemicalsTechnologicalNatural WorldAlleviateHuman Suffering Author:Konrad Lorenz
“AT&T invented the cellular telephone, but saw no future in it. It takes entrepreneurs, who are angels of destruction, to take advantage of things which the inventor cannot or does not see.” DoeSawsAngelAdvantageDestructionEntrepreneurTelephonesInventorCellular Author:Lester Thurow
“To conquer by sheer force is becoming harder and harder every day. Defensive is getting continuously the advantage of offensive, as we progress in the satanic science of destruction.” ForceProgressBecomingAdvantageDestructionHarderConquerSheerOffensiveSatanic Book:The Nikola Tesla Treasury Source: The Nikola Tesla Treasury
“Whatever is goode in its kinde ought to be preserv'd in respect for antiquity, as well as our present advantage, for destruction can be profitable to none but such as live by it.” WellsHistoryOughtAdvantageDestructionLive ByProfitableAntiquity Author:Nicholas Hawksmoor
“False is the idea of utility that sacrifices a thousand real advantages for one imaginary or trifling inconvenience; that would take fire from men because it burns, and water because one may drown in it; that has no remedy for evils except destruction. The laws that forbid the carrying of arms are laws of such a nature. They disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes.” MenMayIdeasRealLawEvilWaterFireSacrificeCrimeArmsThousandGunAdvantageDestructionDeterminedCommitAmendmentsImaginaryRemedyGun ControlUtilitySecond AmendmentInconvenienceRight To Bear ArmsBearing ArmsGun RightsTriflingFounding Fathers GunUnarmed2 AmendmentFounding Fathers Second AmendmentDisarmingGun LawGun CrimeCarrying Guns Book:On crimes and punishments Source: On crimes and punishments
“One cannot avoid a certain feeling of disgust, when one observes the actions of man displayed on the great stage of the world. Wisdom is manifested by individuals here and there; but the web of human history as a whole appears to be woven from folly and childish vanity, often, too, from puerile wickedness and love of destruction: with the result that at the end one is puzzled to know what idea to form of our species which prides itself so much on its advantages.” KnowsMenWorldHumansIdeasEndsWholeFeelingsActionFormCertainIndividualResultsExistenceStagePrideAdvantageDestructionAnd LoveSpeciesVanityFollyDisgustingWickednessHuman HistoryHere And ThereHuman ExistenceWovenPuzzled Author:Immanuel Kant
“People of privilege will always risk their complete destruction rather than surrender any material part of their advantage.” PeopleRiskMaterialsAdvantageDestructionInvestingPrivilegeSurrenderAffluenceSupply Side Economics Author:John Kenneth Galbraith
“It may be that apartheid brings such stupendous economic advantages to countries that they would sooner have apartheid than permit its destruction.” MayCountryEconomicAdvantageDestructionPermitApartheid Author:Oliver Tambo