Home / Topics / Mankind Quotes

Mankind Quotes

Browse 4898 quotes about Mankind.

Mankind Quotes

“In recent times, modern science has developed to give mankind, for the first time in the history of the human race, a way of securing a more abundant life which does not simply consist in taking away from someone else.”

Way Giving Firsts Humans Doe Wisdom Politics Race Economy Modern Mankind First Time Human Race Liberalism Modern Science Abundant Life

Author:Karl Taylor Compton

“I am conscious that an equal division of property is impracticable, but the consequences of this enormous inequality producing so much misery to the bulk of mankind, legislators cannot invent too many devices for subdividing property.”

Wisdom Politics Economy Mankind Equal Conscious Consequence Property Misery Enormous Inequality Liberalism Devices Division Legislators

Book:The Essential Jefferson

Source: The Essential Jefferson

“The immense accumulations of fixed capital which, to the great benefit of mankind, were built up during the half century before the war, could never have come about in a Society where wealth was divided equitably.”

War Wisdom Politics Wealth Half Economy Mankind Century Benefits Built Fixed Liberalism Divided Immense Accumulation

Book:The Economic Consequences of the Peace

Source: The Economic Consequences of the Peace

“With reason, then, the common opinion of mankind, little affected by the few dissentients who have contended for the opposite view, has found in the careful study of nature, and in the laws of nature, the foundations of the division of property, and the practice of all ages has consecrated the principle of private ownership, as being pre-eminently in conformity with human nature, and as conducing in the most unmistakable manner to the peace and tranquility of human existence.”

“It is clear that the main tenet of socialism, community of goods, must be utterly rejected, since it only injures those whom it would seem meant to benefit, is directly contrary to the natural rights of mankind, and would introduce confusion and disorder into the commonweal. The first and most fundamental principle, therefore, if one would undertake to alleviate the condition of the masses, must be the inviolability of private property.”

Source: A Light in the Heavens: Great Encyclical Letters of Pope Leo XIII

“If history could prove and teach us anything, it would be the private ownership of the means of production as a necessary requisite of civilization and material well-being. All civilizations have up to now been based on private property. Only nations committed to the principle of private property have risen above penury and produced science, art, and literature. There is no experience to show that any other social system could provide mankind with any of the achievements of civilization.”

“A critical knowledge of the evolution of the idea of property would embody, in some respects, the most remarkable portion of the mental history of mankind.”

Ideas Wisdom Politics Economy Mankind Evolution Property Critical Liberalism Remarkable Portions

Book:Ancient Society

Source: Ancient Society

“One world, one mankind cannot exist in the face of six, four or even two scales of values: We shall be torn apart by this disparity of rhythm, this disparity of vibrations.”

World Two Wisdom Faces Values Politics Economy Four Mankind Six Scales Rhythm Liberalism Torn Vibrations Disparity Torn Apart

Book:The Gulag Archipelago Volume 2: An Experiment in Literary Investigation

Source: The Gulag Archipelago Volume 2: An Experiment in Literary Investigation

“In the common run of mankind, for one that is wise and good you find ten of a contrary character.”

Character Wisdom Running Common Wise Mankind Ten Contrary

Book:Works, including the whole contents of Bp. Hurd's edition: withletters and other pieces not found in any previous collection; and Macaulay's essay on his life and works

Source: Works, including the whole contents of Bp. Hurd's edition: withletters and other pieces not found in any previous collection; and Macaulay's essay on his life and works

“Happy those Who in the after-days shall live, when Time Hath spoken, and the multitude of years Taught wisdom to mankind!”

Years Wisdom Mankind Taught Multitudes

Book:The Poetical Works of Robert Southey: Complete in One Volume

Source: The Poetical Works of Robert Southey: Complete in One Volume

“Mankind is not a circle with a single center but an ellipse with two focal points of which facts are one and ideas the other.”

Two Ideas Facts Wisdom Mankind Circles Focal Point

Book:Les Misérables

Source: Les Misérables

“It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own.”

Littles Wisdom Mankind Astonishing

Author:William Ralph Inge

“The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.”

Life Believe Humans Doe Wisdom Mankind Awareness Perfection Essence Humankind Being Human Being Lonely Perfection And Imperfection Political Language Being Imperfect

Author:George Orwell

“The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.”

“Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim, wisdom is the source of virtue and of fame; obtained with labour, for mankind employed, and then, when most you share it, best enjoyed.”

Wisdom Virtue Share Mankind Source Fame Ambition Aim Enjoyed Labour Employed

Author:Alfred North Whitehead

“It is my view that the vegetarian manner of living, by its purely physical effect on the human temperament, would most beneficially influence the lot of mankind.”

Source: The Ultimate Quotable Einstein

“We are prone to judge success by the index of our salaries or the size of our automobiles rather than by the quality of our service and relationship to mankind.”

Wisdom Success Quality Careers Mankind Judging Environmental Size Salary Automobile Volunteerism Volunteerism And Service

Book:A Martin Luther King Treasury

Source: A Martin Luther King Treasury