Quote by: John Boyd Orr

In the last five or six thousand years, empires one after another have arisen, waxed powerful by wars of conquest, and fallen by internal revolution or attack from without.


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Author Bio


  • NameJohn Boyd Orr
  • DescriptionScottish nutritionist, Director-General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
  • BornSeptember 23, 1880
  • DiedJune 25, 1971
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionBiologist; Physician; Politician
  • AwardsNobel Peace Prize; Military Cross; Distinguished Service Order