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There is nothing that exists so great or marvelous that over time mankind does not admire it less and less.
No person with a sense of the dignity of mankind can condone the persecution of the Jewish race in Germany.
The book is a form in which some of the greatest masterpieces that mankind has ever achieved are expressed.
Almost certainly, however, the first essential component of social justice is adequate food for all mankind.
Free enterprise is the sure and so far the only known way of constantly improving the well-being of mankind.
I want to be distinguished from the rest; to tell the truth, a friend to all mankind is not a friend for me.
Boredom is... a vital problem for the moralist, since half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.
The situation of America is new in the annals of mankind; her affairs cry haste, and speed must answer them.
In love abides all knowledge. It is mankind's love and interest in things that in time reveals their secret.
Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD. We came in peace for all mankind.
The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity.
The common behavior of mankind is the system of reference by means of which we interpret an unknown language.
Religion has caused more misery to all of mankind in every stage of human history than any other single idea.
Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history.
The Bible tells us there will be a time for peace. But, so far in this century, mankind has failed to find it.
Mankind has been and is divided into three parts: the Haves, the Have-Nots, and the Have-a-Little, Want Mores.
The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind.
What I really want out of life is to discover something new: something mankind didn't know was possible to do.
Moliere exaggerates common vices of mankind: lust, greed, misanthropy, hypocrisy. We all have a touch of these.
When mankind first saw the necessity of government, it is probable that many had conceived the desire of ruling.
A man has many parts, he is virtually everything, and you are free to select in him that part which pleases you.
Mankind's ability to understand and control the forces of nature greatly exceeds our ability to govern ourselves
It is a mistake to think that we can control the breeding of mankind in the long run by an appeal to conscience.
Until mankind realizes that there is, in truth, no good, and there is, in truth, no evil-there will be no peace.
What is a miracle?--'Tis a reproach, 'Tis an implicit satire on mankind; And while it satisfies, it censures too.
We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world or to make it the last.
In absolute terms, I am the most legally persecuted man of all times, in the whole history of mankind, worldwide.
Every superior personality, and every superior performance, has, for the average of mankind, something mysterious.
Don't ever sell mankind short by saying there's anything he can't do, ever, or anything that he isn't going to do.
God is certainly one. He has no second. He is unfathomable, unknowable and unknown to the vast majority of mankind.
Idealists are foolish enough to throw caution to the winds. They have advanced mankind and have enriched the world.
Unquestionably, it is possible to do without happiness; it is done involuntarily by nineteen-twentieths of mankind.
The true nature of mankind comes down to a simple question: 'Do we teach children how to be good or how to be bad?'
A vision of truth which does not call upon us to get out of our armchair - why, this is the desideratum of mankind.
We have come to Earth in this great season in the long history of mankind. It is a marvelous age - the best of all.
That is the consolation of a little mind; you have the fun of changing it without impeding the progress of mankind.
To a superior race of being the pretensions of mankind to extraordinary sanctity and virtue must seem... ridiculous.
A state arises, as I conceive, out of the needs of mankind; no one is self-sufficing, but all of us have many wants.
Taking care of the world's ocean garbage problem is one of the largest environmental challenges mankind faces today.
There is no short and easy road, no magic cure for those ills which have afflicted mankind from the dawn of history.
The augmentation of slaves weakens the states; and such a trade is diabolical in itself, and disgraceful to mankind.
...the incredulity of mankind, who do not truly believe in anything new until they have had actual experience of it.
Mankind, which has always been a part of nature, has reached a point where it is too much for nature to accommodate.
I think it's wrong the way they criminalize herb. There are many more uses than just smoking. Beneficial to mankind.
I have not the slightest doubt that this form of individuation represents a higher stage in the evolution of mankind.
Surely the church is a place where one day's truce ought to be allowed to the dissensions and animosities of mankind.
Mankind has many things that it never knew before. What I can tell you is that human moral values are no longer good.
If popular culture has taught us anything, it is that someday mankind must face and destroy the growing robot menace.
The greatest of all crimes are the wars that are carried on by governments, to plunder, enslave, and destroy mankind.
Versatility of education can be found in our best poetry, but the depth of mankind should be found in the philosopher.