Quotes of: Mankind Keyword

We peruse one ideal, that of bringing people together in peace, irrespective of race, religion and political convictions, for the benefit of mankind.

Juan Antonio Samaranch

I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in providence, for the illumination of the ignorant and the emancipation of the slavish part of mankind all over the earth.

John Adams

The great men of a nation reach out to all mankind. They are unifying, not divisive; internationally conciliating and still great nationally.

Gustav Stresemann

I never weary of great churches. It is my favorite kind of mountain scenery. Mankind was never so happily inspired as when it made a cathedral.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Heaven and hell suppose two distinct species of men, the good and the bad. But the greatest part of mankind float betwixt vice and virtue.

David Hume

When there is life and mankind, a person will live striving for good deeds, liberty and a bright life, and wish that goodness and justice will reign in the world.

Islom Karimov

Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.

Thomas Jefferson

Whether people like it or not, China is incredibly important to the future of mankind. For me, this is something that we all need to have intelligent discussions about in America, in Britain, in Europe.

Damon Albarn

Without ethics, man has no future. This is to say, mankind without them cannot be itself. Ethics determine choices and actions and suggest difficult priorities.

John Berger

We leave as we came and, god willing, as we shall return, with peace, and hope for all mankind.

Eugene Cernan

The laws of God given to mankind are embodied in the gospel plan, and the Church of Jesus Christ is made responsible for teaching these laws to the world.

Harold B. Lee

There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift mankind a little higher.

Henry Van Dyke

Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.

Henry David Thoreau

All mankind is now learning that these nuclear weapons can only serve to destroy, never become beneficial.

Alva Myrdal

Test yourself on mankind. It is something that makes the doubter doubt, the believer believe.

Franz Kafka

Solutions to mankind’s problems are easy and obvious. They remain unsolved because those who could solve them – don’t want to.

Francis Mont

Fanatics are picturesque, mankind would rather see gestures than listen to reasons.

Friedrich Nietzsche

I think that one of the biggest flaws of mankind is that we become complacent with our lives.

Daniel Willey

Periods of tranquillity are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up.

George Santayana

It will be said, however, that protection tends to destroy commerce, the civilizer of mankind. Directly the reverse, however, is the fact.

Henry Charles Carey

Of all human powers operating on the affairs of mankind, none is greater than that of competition.

Henry Clay