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“As for the system of the Commune, which makes it impossible for a man to rise or fall, it is merely the old caste system revived; if it could be put into force, all industry would be disheartened, emulation would cease, and mankind would go to sleep.”

Ifs Men Would Be Fall Force Sleep Impossible Mankind Industry Cease Going To Sleep Castes Communes Caste System Emulation Disheartened

Book:The Martyrdom of Man

Source: The Martyrdom of Man

“Mankind are more indebted to industry than ingenuity; the gods set up their favors at a price, and industry is the purchaser.”

Mankind Industry Favors Ingenuity Indebted Purchasers

Author:Joseph Addison

“When the desire of wealth is taking hold of the heart, let us look round and see how it operates upon than whose industry or fortune has obtained it. When we find them oppressed with their own abundance, luxurious without pleasure, idle without ease, impatient and querulous in themselves, and despised or hated by the rest of mankind, we shall soon be convinced that if the real wants of our condition are satisfied, there remains little to be sought with solicitude or desired with eagerness.”

“Nature is just to all mankind, and repays them for their industry. She renders them industrious by annexing rewards in proportion to their labor.”

Nature Mankind Industry Labor Rewards Proportion Industrious

Book:The Spirit of Laws

Source: The Spirit of Laws

“The rich and luxurious may claim an exclusive right to those pleasures which are capable of being purchased by pelf, in which the mind has no enjoyment, and which only afford a temporary relief to languor by steeping the senses in forgetfulness; but in the precious pleasures of the intellect, so easily accessible by all mankind, the great have no exclusive privilege; for such enjoyments are only to be procured by our own industry.”

Mind May Pleasure Rich Mankind Industry Capable Claims Privilege Intellect Senses Enjoyment Relief Temporary Exclusive Forgetfulness Luxurious Temporary Relief

Author:Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann

“The armament industry is indeed one of the greatest dangers that beset mankind. It is the hidden evil power.”

Evil Mankind Danger Industry Armament

Book:Bite-Size Einstein: Quotations on Just About Everything from the Greatest Mind of the Twentieth Century

Source: Bite-Size Einstein: Quotations on Just About Everything from the Greatest Mind of the Twentieth Century

“No one can predict whether the earth will be cooler or hotter next year, let alone do anything to change it. If you're afraid of global warming, turn off the lights when you leave the room - but don't participate in the corruption of science, don't scare our kids with unproven cataclysmic theories, and don't try to ban economic energy sources that people living on this planet depend upon today. And don't try to stop progress; it's the only hope the earth has of seeing clean industry, short of exterminating mankind.”

“The history of the Church has been a history of divisiveness, repression and reaction. For almost 2000 years, Christianity has held mankind back in politics, in economics, in industry, in science, in philosophy, in culture.”

Years Has Beens Philosophy Culture Church Christianity Mankind Industry Economics Reactions Repression Divisiveness

Author:Madalyn Murray O'Hair