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“The 'survival of the fittest' is beneficently inevitable; the capitalist is powerless against labor, unless the State . . . steps in, and helps him catch and fleece his victims. The old plea of despotism, that liberty is unsafe, reappears now in the mistaken notion that competition is hostile to labor.”

States Helping Liberty Steps Survival Labor Victim Competition Notion Inevitable Capitalist Mistaken Powerless Hostile Despotism Survival Of The Fittest Unsafe Fleece

Book:The Collected Works of Ezra H. Heywood

Source: The Collected Works of Ezra H. Heywood

“As a student of conservation biology, I believe that characteristics with survival value will ultimately prevail. There is no survival value in pessimism. If you think failure is inevitable, that view will probably become self-fulfilling.”

Ifs Thinking Believe Self Values I Believe Views Students Survival Inevitable Characteristics Biology Pessimism Fulfilling Conservation

Author:Denis Hayes

“In a world where change is inevitable and continuous, the need to achieve that change without violence is essential for survival.”

World Needs Change Violence Achieve Essentials Achievement Survival Inevitable Nonviolence Black History Change Is Inevitable Inevitable Change

Book:A way out of no way: the spiritual memoirs of Andrew Young

Source: A way out of no way: the spiritual memoirs of Andrew Young

“Not everyone can stand up and be a hero, Princess. Some prefer to surrender to the inevitable and salve their consciences with the gift of survival.”

Hero Survival Conscience Surrender Inevitable Princess

Book:The Stone of Farewell: Book Two of Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn

Source: The Stone of Farewell: Book Two of Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn

“The survival of the fittest is the ageless law of nature, but the fittest are rarely the strong. The fittest are those endowed with the qualifications for adaptation, the ability to accept the inevitable and conform to the unavoidable, to harmonize with existing or changing conditions.”

Life Law Strong Ability Accepting Conditions Acceptance Inspirational Life Survival Inevitable Conform Adaptation Laws Of Nature Qualifications Survival Of The Fittest Ageless

Author:Dave Smalley

“It's not always about survival, this life we are given; it's usually so much easier than that. It's about trusting the eternal life force that is flowing within us-letting that force lead the way through all of the inevitable changes we will face across the span of our time here on Earth.”

Way Inspirational Earth Faces Given Force Easier Eternal Survival This Life Inevitable Our Time Eternal Life Inevitable Change

Book:Broken Open: How difficult times can help us grow

Source: Broken Open: How difficult times can help us grow

“By the end of this decade we will live under the first One World Government that has ever existed in the society of nations ... a government with absolute authority to decide the basic issues of human survival. One world government is inevitable.”

“Each being in the universe yearns for the free energy necessary for survival and development. Each existence resists extinction. The consequent history of violence in the universe is as inevitable as the gravitational pull between the Earth and the Sun.”

Earth Universe Energy Existence Sun Violence Development Survival Inevitable Extinction

Book:The universe story: from the primordial flaring forth to the ecozoic era--a celebration of the unfolding of the cosmos

Source: The universe story: from the primordial flaring forth to the ecozoic era--a celebration of the unfolding of the cosmos

“The passage of time eliminates some of the more intimate details of one's existence. The routine trivia like passing water and shitting and the amount of food and alcohol consumed in the course of daily survival. Sure, there were girls. Lots of'em. It's inevitable.”

Life Girl Courses Water Existence Amount Survival Details Alcohol Passing Passings Inevitable Intimate Ems Routine Passages Consumed Passage Of Time Trivia

Book:X-Ray: The Unauthorized Autobiography

Source: X-Ray: The Unauthorized Autobiography