#modern times

It is not uncommon in modern times to see governments straining every nerve to keep the peace, and the people whom they represent, with patriotic enthusiasm and resentment over real or fancied wrongs, urging them forward to war. ↗

— Elihu Root

#every #fancied #forward #governments #keep

The progress of the natural sciences in modern times has of course so much exceeded all expectations that any suggestion that there may be some limits to it is bound to arouse suspicion. ↗

— Friedrich August von Hayek

#arouse #bound #course #exceeded #expectations

The rise of the Dutch Republic must ever be regarded as one of the leading events of modern times. ↗

— John Lothrop Motley

#events #ever #leading #modern #modern times

One of the most feared expressions in modern times is 'The computer is down.' ↗

— Norman Ralph Augustine

#computer #down #expressions #feared #modern