“In that the wisdom of the few becomes available to the many, there is progress in human affairs; without it, the static routine of tradition continues.” HumansProgressTraditionAffairAvailableRoutineStatic Author:Joseph Jastrow
“The triumph of the Confederacy... would be a victory for the powers of evil which would give courage to the enemies of progress and damp the sprits of its friends all over the civilized world... [The American Civil War] is destined to be a turning point, for good or evil, of the course of human affairs.” WorldGivingHumansWarWould BeCoursesEvilEnemyHistoryProgressVictoryAffairTriumphCivil WarCivilizedDestinedAmerican Civil WarTurning PointsDampEnemy Of Progress Author:John Stuart Mill
“We can't build a safer world with honorable intentions and good will alone. Achieving the fundamental goals our nation seeks in world affairs - peace, human rights, economics progress national independence and international stability - means supporting our friends and defending our interests.” WorldHumansMeanNationsGoalInterestRightsProgressAchieveEconomicsIndependenceFundamentalsIntentionAffairInternationalHuman RightsStabilityHonorableGood WillWorld Affairs Book:Building peace through strength: August 23, 1983 Source: Building peace through strength: August 23, 1983
“Any large extension of the Government into business affairs - no matter what the pretense and no matter how the the extension is labeled - will be bound to promote waste and put a curb on our prosperity and progress.” MatterGovernmentProgressWasteNo Matter WhatBoundsAffairProsperityExtensionsPretenseCurb Author:Thomas A. Edison
“Out of politics comes more uproar than progress. It is indeed surprising how little, comparatively, this noisy department of human affairs contributes to the world's prosperity. Political commotions upon the grandest scale, political events of astounding suddenness, political characters of the greatest ability, abound, but still, permanent results are rare, and we look in vain for a measure of public good corresponding in extent to the hideous rout which ushers it in. Progress but turns upon its pillow, and goes to sleep again.” WorldHumansLooksLittlesStillsCharacterPoliticalTurnsSleepAbilityResultsProgressEventsAffairProsperityScalesVainPermanentDepartmentSurprisingPillowHideousNoisyCorrespondingPublic Good Book:Intuitions and Summaries of Thought Source: Intuitions and Summaries of Thought
“Iraq is fragile and may fall back into a devastating setting. We're not making the kind of progress in Afghanistan that had been promised. And our esteem around the world has fallen. I can't think of a major country. It's hard to think of a single country that has greater respect and admiration for America today than it did five years ago when Barack Obama became President. And that's a very sad, unfortunate state of affairs.” ThinkingWorldKindCountryTodayFallPresidentProgressAffairEsteemBarackFallenAdmirationAfghanistanUnfortunateFall BackVery Sad Author:Mitt Romney