“Who will argue that 98.6 Farenheit is the right temperature for man? As for me, I decline to do it. It may be that we are all actually freezing hence the pervading stupidity of mankind. At 110 or 115 degrees even archbishops might be intelligent.” MenMayMightBeliefMankindDegreesIntelligentStupidityArguingDeclineSuperstitionsTemperatureFreezing Book:Minority Report Source: Minority Report
“mankind has no right to employ its genius in the creation of another intelligent species, then treat it like property. If we've come so far that we can create as God creates, then we have to learn to act with the justice and mercy of God.” IfsJusticeMankindCreationGeniusMercyTreatsIntelligentPropertySpeciesMercy Of GodJustice And Mercy Book:Watchers Source: Watchers
“While we honour religion and believe it to be a powerful factor in elevating our race, we discriminate, as we hope our readers will also do, between it and dogmatism. Dogmatism has been the bane of civilization and a curse to mankind. It has degraded our sex, stifled intelligent inquiry, and persecuted every independent reformer and every noble cause.” BelieveHas BeensReligionSexCausesPowerfulRaceMankindReaderCivilizationIntellectualIntelligentIndependentNobleFactorsCurseHonourInquiryPersecutedReformersBaneDogmatismElevatingIntellectual FreedomNoble Causes Author:Tennessee Celeste Claflin
“China is incredibly important to the future of mankind. For me, this is something that we all need to have intelligent discussions about in America, in Britain, in Europe. We need to really understand that their destiny and our destiny, Africa's destiny, etc., are all completely tied in. The argument for getting to know your neighbors is very compelling.” KnowsNeedsImportantAmericaDestinyMankindEuropeArgumentIntelligentChinaNeighborDiscussionBritainEtcTiedCompellingOur DestinyFuture Of Mankind Author:Jamie Hewlett
“You're looking at me as though I'm weird. My god! Are you so out of touch with most of America, most of which believes in the devil? I mean, Jesus Christ believed in the devil! It's in the Gospels! You travel in circles that are so, so removed from mainstream America that you are appalled that anybody would believe in the devil! Most of mankind has believed in the devil, for all of history. Many more intelligent people than you or me have believed in the devil.” PeopleBelieveMeanAmericaJesusChristMankindDevilJesus ChristIntelligentCirclesMainstreamMelting Author:Antonin Scalia
“If we were to select the most intelligent, imaginative, energetic, and emotionally stable third of mankind, all races would be present.” IfsWould BeImaginationRaceMankindEmotionalEqualThirdsIntelligentEqualityStableImaginativeSelectEnergeticPresentingDifferent CulturesCultural Diversity Book:Anthropology and Modern Life (Routledge Revivals) Source: Anthropology and Modern Life (Routledge Revivals)
“Pure, hard-core liberals believe in a superior race. They think they're it. They believe they're more intelligent than the general run of mankind, better suited than the little people are to manage the little people's lives. They think they have the one true vision, the ability to solve all the moral dilemmas of the century. They prefer big government because that is the first step to totalitarianism, toward unquestioned rule by the elite. And of course they see themselves as the elite.” PeopleThinkingFirstsBelieveLittlesHardBigsGovernmentRunningCoursesAbilityRaceLibertyMoralVisionStepsMankindCenturyPureIntelligentSolveCoreSuperiorsManageElitesFirst StepsTotalitarianismDilemmaBig GovernmentHard CoreMoral DilemmaTrue Vision Author:Dean Koontz