#mankind

But when, in the first setting out, he takes it for granted without proof, that distinctions found in the structure of all languages, have no foundation in nature; this surely is too fastidious a way of treating the common sense of mankind. ↗

— Thomas Reid

#common sense #distinctions #fastidious #first #found

We have also set up for them an edifying project for a continuous mitigation of their own tyranny, ascribing to them an unshakeable faith in the triumph of virtue, as well as in the moral justification of their crimes. These are the theories of well-meaning children who see everything in black or white, dream of nothing but angels or demons, and have no idea of the incredible number of hypocritical masks of every color and shape and size which men use to conceal their features when they have passed the age of devotion to ideals and have abandoned themselves unrestrainedly to their egotistic desires ↗

— Alfred de Vigny

#hypocrisy #mankind #power #age

Only when every one of us and every nation learns the secret of love for all mankind will the world become a great orchestra, following the beat of the Greatest Conductor of all. ↗

— Artur Rodzinski

#become #conductor #every #every nation #following

War was forced upon mankind in his original civil and social condition. ↗

— Elihu Root

#condition #forced #his #mankind #original

Jehovah God is truly rich far beyond the imagination of humankind. ↗

— Joseph Franklin Rutherford

#far #god #humankind #imagination #jehovah

The creation of Physics is the shared heritage of all mankind. East and West, North and South have equally participated in it. ↗

— Abdus Salam

#east #equally #heritage #mankind #north

All through the years since World War II, the Japanese people have, I am convinced, made strenuous efforts to preserve and promote world peace, contributing to the progress and prosperity of mankind. ↗

— Eisaku Sato

#contributing #convinced #efforts #i #i am

The public has been sold a bill of goods about the free market being a panacea for mankind. ↗

— Tom Scholz

#been #being #bill #free #free market

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

— Igor Sikorsky

#ahead #even #individual #mankind #more

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

— Shigeru Yoshida

#harmony #henceforth #japan #know #mankind