“You are inhuman brutes determined to rob us of our spiritual consolations and sweep away the moral foundations of our civilization, and on the other: You are obscurantist ignoramuses who'd like to shut down progress and drag us all back to the 16th century, with kings and priests telling us what to think.” ThinkingSpiritualMoralProgressCenturyEvolutionKingsCivilizationFoundationDeterminedPriestsDragConsolationBrutesInhuman Author:John Derbyshire
“They are men and women who tend to believe that the human being is perfectible and social progress predictable, and that the instrument for effecting the two is reason; that truths are transitory and empirically determined; that equality is desirable and attainable through the action of state power; that social and individual differences, if they are not rational, are objectionable, and should be scientifically eliminated; that all people and societies strive to organize themselves upon a rationalist and scientific paradigm.” PeopleIfsMenShouldBelieveHumansTwoStatesReasonActionIndividualSocialDifferencesHuman BeingsProgressMen And WomenInstrumentsStriveDeterminedRationalOrganizeDesirableParadigmPredictableTransitorySocial ProgressIndividual Differences Author:William F. Buckley, Jr.
“The person determined to achieve maximum success learns the principle that progress is made one step at a time.” PersonsMadeStepsPrinciplesProgressAchieveDeterminedMaximumOne Step At A TimeSmall Stuff Book:The Magic Of Thinking Big Source: The Magic Of Thinking Big
“If this capsule history of our progress teaches us anything, it is that man, in his quest for knowledge and progress, is determined and cannot be deterred.” IfsMenTeachProgressDeterminedQuests Author:John F. Kennedy
“I'm determined not to lose my name. It's who I am. It has neither aided my progress nor hampered it. It's just who I am. My character. My make-up. My culture and heritage is a very rich one. So what if it's difficult for people to pronounce? We all learned how to say Schwarzenegger.” PeopleIfsCharacterCultureNamesDifficultLosesRichProgressDeterminedWho I AmWhat IfHeritageSchwarzenegger Author:Ioan Gruffudd
“I am determined that we're going to get the economy really moving again, building on the progress, but never going back to what got us in trouble in the first place.” FirstsMovingEconomyProgressTroubleBuildingDeterminedI Am Determined Author:Hillary Clinton