#mankind

Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on earth for civil and religious liberty. ↗

— Samuel Adams

#civil #contest #earth #free #left

Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason. ↗

— Samuel Adams

#governed #mankind #more #reason #than

Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn. ↗

— Joseph Addison

#delivered #down #generation #genius #great

Man, as a form, bears within him the eternal principle of being, and by economic movement along his endless path his form is also transformed, just as everything that lives in nature was transformed in him. ↗

— Kazimir Severinovich Malevich

#form #mankind #nature #transformation #nature

What helped me was I had people around me to remind me to help my country even when it did me wrong, have respect for my people, my family, my nation and mankind. ↗

— Alexis Arguello

#country #did #even #family #had

The best reason why Monarchy is a strong government is, that it is an intelligible government. The mass of mankind understand it, and they hardly anywhere in the world understand any other. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

#anywhere #best #government #hardly #intelligible

Imagination has brought mankind through the dark ages to its present state of civilization. Imagination led Columbus to discover America. Imagination led Franklin to discover electricity. ↗

— L. Frank Baum

#ages #america #brought #civilization #columbus

Emotions have taught mankind to reason. ↗

— Luc de Clapiers

#mankind #reason #taught

In retrospect, the Millennium marked only a moment in time. It was the events of September 11 that marked a turning point in history, where we confront the dangers of the future and assess the choices facing humankind. ↗

— Tony Blair

#choices #confront #dangers #events #facing

A book is a fragile creature, it suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements and clumsy hands. so the librarian protects the books not only against mankind but also against nature and devotes his life to this war with the forces of oblivion. ↗

— Umberto Eco

#also #book #books #clumsy #creature