“Our country, we have faith to believe, is only at the beginning of its growth. Unless the forests of the United States can be made ready to meet the vast demands which this growth will inevitably bring, commercial disaster, that means disaster to the whole country, is inevitable.” BelieveMeanMadeCountryStatesWholeGrowthUnitedUnited StatesReadyDemandDisasterForestsOur CountryInevitableHave Faith Book:Presidential Addresses and State Papers of Theodore Roosevelt: With Portrait Frontispiece Source: Presidential Addresses and State Papers of Theodore Roosevelt: With Portrait Frontispiece
“In former days, men sold themselves to the Devil to acquire magical powers. Nowadays they acquire those powers from science, and find themselves compelled to become devils. There is no hope for the world unless power can be tamed, and brought into the service, not of this or that group of fanatical tyrants, but of the whole human race, white and yellow and black, fascist and communist and democrat; for science has made it inevitable that all must live or all must die.” MenWorldHumansMadeWholeDiesBlackWhiteRaceGroupsDevilDemocratMade ItFormerInevitableHuman RaceAcquireCommunistTyrantsYellowCompelledFascistsNo HopeTamed Author:Bertrand Russell
“The growth of the power of Athens, and the alarm which this inspired in Sparta, made war inevitable.” MadeWarGrowthInspiredInevitableAlarmsAthensAtheniansSparta Book:The Landmark Thucydides Source: The Landmark Thucydides