“The ordinary man with extraordinary power is the chief danger for mankind - not the fiend or the sadist.” MenFearPowerMankindDangerOrdinaryExtraordinaryChiefsOrdinary Man Book:The Heart of Man Source: The Heart of Man
“The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased.” HumansWholeHandsPoliticsPowerRecordsRightsWrittenMankindHuman NatureSacredDivinityVolumeSunbeams Author:Alexander Hamilton
“For the first time in the history of mankind, one generation literally has the power to destroy the past, the present and the future, the power to bring time to an end.” FirstsEndsPastTimePowerGenerationsMankindFirst TimeNuclear WeaponsDisarmament Author:Hubert H. Humphrey
“The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind.” WorldInspirationPowerMankindTendenciesMediocrity Book:On Liberty Source: On Liberty
“The race of mankind would perish did they cease to aid each other. We cannot exist without mutual help. All therefore that need aid have a right to ask it from their fellow-men; and no one who has the power of granting can refuse it without guilt.” MenLifeNeedsHelpingAsksRacePowerMankindFellowsGuiltCharityRefuseAidsCeaseMutualPhilanthropyFellow ManPhilanthropicEnvironmental StewardshipMutual Help Author:Walter Scott
“To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man; to do all that one would like to do, is to be a god.” MenAblePoliticsPowerMankindAcceptanceHumankindBe A Man Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“Since mankind's dawn, a handful of oppressors have accepted the responsibility over our lives that we should have accepted for ourselves. By doing so, they took our power. By doing nothing, we gave it away. We've seen where their way leads, through camps and wars, towards the slaughterhouse.” WayShouldWarPoliticsResponsibilityPowerOur LivesMankindShould HaveAcceptedDawnCampsHandfulDoing NothingOppressorsSlaughterhousesVendetta Author:Alan Moore