All ambitions are lawful except those that climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind.

The good opinion of mankind, like the lever of Archimedes, with the given fulcrum, moves the world.

History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.

What then in the last resort are the truths of mankind? They are the irrefutable errors of mankind.

'Never again' is the rallying cry for all who believe that mankind must speak out against genocide.

I think there is a blossom about me of something more distinguished than the generality of mankind.

No true and permanent fame can be founded, except in labors which promote the happiness of mankind.

Life is made too easy. Mankind's moral fibre is giving way under the softening influence of luxury.

All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind.

I shall ever repeat it, that mankind are governed not by extremes, but by principals of moderation.

The usual false conclusions of mankind are these: a thing exists, therefore it has a right to exist.

Pussy really is the ultimate motivator of all mankind. No, don't clap, this is a flaw in the system!

The true sage is not he who sees, but he who, seeing the furthest, has the deepest love for mankind.

The work of the individual still remains the spark that moves mankind ahead even more than teamwork.

Only the naive inflationist's could believe that government could enrich mankind through fiat money.

Visions describe what best should be, could be - if and when mankind has the will to make them real.

Friendship is the only thing in the world concerning the usefulness of which all mankind are agreed.

War is something of man's own fostering, and if all mankind renounces it, then it is no longer there.

Mankind in the gross is a gaping monster, that loves to be deceived and has seldom been disappointed.

The wickedness of mankind makes it necessary for the law to suppose them better than they really are.

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

Racist assumptions, ethnolinguistic assumptions of inferiority or superiority, are as old as mankind.

The destiny of world civilization depends upon providing a decent standard of living for all mankind.

Mankind must remember that peace is not God's gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each other.

You can know all there is to know about life and mankind, but what do you really know about yourself?

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

According to the now almost universally accepted theory, all the races of mankind had a common origin.

How is it possible to expect that mankind will take advice when they will not so much as take warning.

We pray that henceforth not only Japan but all mankind may know the blessings of harmony and progress.

We cannot, any of us, do all the things of which mankind stand in need; we must have fellow-labourers.

I travel to Cambodia, Thailand, Bali, and Nairobi for my charities: Somaly Mam and Friends to Mankind.

Only the tiniest fracton of mankind want freedom. All the rest want someone to tell them theyare free.

We feel that this stands as a symbol of the insatiable curiosity of all mankind to explore the unknown.

He's trying not to laugh. I tell him I would have doomed mankind for him, and he's trying not to laugh.

Much had he read, Much more had he seen; he studied from the life, And in th' original perus'd mankind.

All that mankind has done, thought or been: it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books.

It is the duty of mankind on all suitable occasions to acknowledge their dependence on the Divine Being.

Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.

The ordinary man with extraordinary power is the chief danger for mankind - not the fiend or the sadist.

If you look at the Bible as a whole, it's redemptive and beautiful, and it's God's love story to mankind.

Idealists foolish enough to throw caution to the winds have advanced mankind and have enriched the world.

We never, ever in the history of mankind have had access to so much information so quickly and so easily.

We never, ever in the history of mankind have had access to so much information so quickly and so easily.

Charity is a supreme virtue, and the great channel through which the mercy of God is passed onto mankind.

Much melancholy has devolved upon mankind, and it is detestable to me that might will triumph in the end.

Those whom we call ancient were really new in all things, and properly constituted the infancy of mankind.

All men equal in rights and duties, all men equally responsible for the destiny of mankind - what a dream!

All mankind is now learning that these nuclear weapons can only serve to destroy, never become beneficial.

The question I want to put forward is, 'Does the technology we are developing ultimately benefit mankind?'

For the vast majority of mankind's history, economic activity consisted of finding energy and using energy.

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