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“Diminish the mass of evils that afflict the human species, increase enjoyment and well-being. And even if the new routes opened up could prolong the average life of mankind by only a few hours, or even a few days, then the scientist, too could aspire.”

Ifs Humans Wells Evil Hours Mankind Mass Scientist Increase Species Average Well Being Enjoyment Aspire Routes Affliction Diminish Human Species Average Life

Author:Antoine Lavoisier

“When homo sapiens is changing, it will not be by the whole race gaining simultaneously whatever qualities better fit it for survival, but rather by certain types of mankind proving superior to the rest in survival value, so that they contribute a larger proportion to the later generations, and in so doing drag the average qualities of humanity in the same direction.”

Whole Certain Values Humanity Race Quality Generations Mankind Type Fit Prove Survival Average Superiors Proportion Drag Homo Sapiens

Author:Charles Galton Darwin

“The truly and deliberately evil men are a very small minority; it is the appeaser who unleashes them on mankind; it is the appeaser's intellectual abdication that invites them to take over. When a culture's dominant trend is geared to irrationality, the thugs win over the appeasers. When intellectual leaders fail to foster the best in the mixed, unformed, vacillating character of people at large, the thugs are sure to bring out the worst. When the ablest men turn into cowards, the average men turn into brutes.”

Source: The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z

“[Regarding] the convention that clergymen are more virtuous than other men. Any average selection of mankind, set apart and told that it excels the rest in virtue, must tend to sink below the average.”

Men Virtue Atheism Mankind Average Positive Atheism Conventions Virtuous Selection Clergymen

Book:Why Men Fight: A Method of Abolishing the International Duel

Source: Why Men Fight: A Method of Abolishing the International Duel

“There is one characteristic of the present direction of public opinion, peculiarly calculated to make it intolerant of any marked demonstration of individuality. The general average of mankind are not only moderate in intellect, but also moderate in inclinations: they have no tastes or wishes strong enough to incline them to do anything unusual, and they consequently do not understand those who have, and class all such with the wild and intemperate whom they are accustomed to look down upon.”

Source: J. S. Mill: 'On Liberty' and Other Writings

“The average man's judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it.”

Men Use Running Poor Risk Mankind Judgment Average Average Man

Author:E. W. Howe

“For most of mankind, the average person knew what was happening in his own village and the next one, and nothing beyond that, and he didn't care, so that leaders were able to guide their countries almost irrespective of what people really thought because they weren't involved in it. Now, everybody knows what's happening instantaneously.”

People Knows Persons Country Care Able Next Leader Mankind Involved Happenings Average Guides Village Average Person The Next One

Author:Brent Scowcroft