“We are firmly convinced that private capital, Chinese as well as foreign, must be given liberal opportunities for broad development in postwar China; for China needs industrial growth.” NeedsWellsOpportunityGivenGrowthDevelopmentChinaConvincedChineseBroads Author:Mao Zedong
“Adults look upon a child as something empty that is to be filled through their own efforts, as something inert and helpless for which they must do everything, as something lacking an inner guide and in constant need of inner direction. . . . An adult who acts in this way, even though he may be convinced that he is filled with zeal, love, and a spirit of sacrifice on behalf of his child, unconsciously suppresses the development of the child's own personality.” WayNeedsLooksMayChildrenSpiritEffortSacrificePersonalityDevelopmentAdultsEmptyFilledConstantGuidesConvincedLook UpHelplessLackingBehalfZeal Author:Maria Montessori
“Mr. Darwin's hypothesis is not, so far as I am aware, inconsistent with any known biological fact; on the contrary, if admitted, the facts of Development, of Comparative Anatomy, of Geographical Distribution, and of Palaeontology, become connected together, and exhibit a meaning such as they never possessed before; and I, for one, am fully convinced that if not precisely true, that hypothesis is as near an approximation to the truth as, for example, the Copernican hypothesis was to the true theory of the planetary motions.” IfsFactsTogetherKnownExampleTheoryDevelopmentConnectedConvincedContraryPossessedHypothesisDistributionExhibitsAnatomyInconsistentApproximation Author:Thomas Huxley
“I'm by no means convinced that capitalism and the development of technology has made anarchism easier.” MeanMadeTechnologyDevelopmentEasierCapitalismConvincedAnarchismDevelopment Of Technology Author:Murray Bookchin
“I'm convinced more than ever that capitalism, with its technological development, has not been an advance toward freedom but has been an enormous setback of freedom.” Has BeensDevelopmentCapitalismConvincedEnormousTechnologicalSetbackTechnological Development Author:Murray Bookchin