#human history

In human history, the desire for revenge and the desire for loot have often been closely associated. ↗

— John McCarthy

#been #closely #desire #history #human

We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission; which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by brute force. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#anything #approaching #brute #brute force #citizens

Now, I believe that war is never inevitable until it starts, but there has been a great proclivity in human history, and including in recent history, for war. ↗

— William Kirby

#believe #great #history #human #human history

The '80s were fabulous. The '90s sucked, and the '70s were just a sad, sad time in human history. Go 1980s! There's something that's just so cute about that time. And not just yellow nail polish and 'I'm a loner.' ↗

— Jennifer Sky

#cute #fabulous #go #history #human

It is my opinion that human history can make no sense unless evil doings are recognized for what they are, and that they are bearable only if somehow they may be redeemed. ↗

— Simon Conway Morris

#doings #evil #history #human #human history

We are at a major epoch in human history, which is that we don't need sex to recreate the race. You can have babies without sex. This is the first time in human history that has been true, and it means, for example, we could do some extraordinary things. ↗

— David Cronenberg

#been #could #epoch #example #extraordinary

More than ever before in human history, we share a common destiny. We can master it only if we face it together. And that, my friends, is why we have the United Nations. ↗

— Kofi Annan

#common #destiny #ever #face #friends

Human history in essence is the history of ideas. ↗

— H. G. Wells

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To take wine into our mouths is to savor a droplet of the river of human history. ↗

— Clifton Paul Fadiman

#human #human history #into #mouths #our

In every society in human history, including the United States, those in power seek to imbue themselves with the attributes of religion and patriotism as a way of getting greater support for their policy and insulating themselves from any criticism. ↗

— George J. Mitchell

#attributes #criticism #every #getting #greater