Author: John Boyd Orr

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Some wars have been due to the lust of rulers for power and glory, or to revenge to wipe out the humiliation of a former defeat.

Some wars have been due to the lust of rulers for power and glory, or to revenge to wipe out the humiliation of a former defeat.

- John Boyd Orr

When the fabric of society is so rigid that it cannot change quickly enough, adjustments are achieved by social unrest and revolutions.

When the fabric of society is so rigid that it cannot change quickly enough, adjustments are achieved by social unrest and revolutions.

- John Boyd Orr

The history of our civilization has been one of intermittent war.

The history of our civilization has been one of intermittent war.

- John Boyd Orr

Science has produced such powerful weapons that in a war between great powers there would be neither victor nor vanquished. Both would be overwhelmed in destruction.

Science has produced such powerful weapons that in a war between great powers there would be neither victor nor vanquished. Both would be overwhelmed in destruction.

- John Boyd Orr

Some think the worst horrors of war might be avoided by an international agreement not to use atomic bombs. This is a vain hope.

Some think the worst horrors of war might be avoided by an international agreement not to use atomic bombs. This is a vain hope.

- John Boyd Orr

Our civilization has evolved through the continuous adjustment of society to the stimulus of new knowledge.

Our civilization has evolved through the continuous adjustment of society to the stimulus of new knowledge.

- John Boyd Orr

However difficult it may be to bring it about, some form of world government, with agreed international law and means of enforcing the law, is inevitable.

However difficult it may be to bring it about, some form of world government, with agreed international law and means of enforcing the law, is inevitable.

- John Boyd Orr

Measured in time of transport and communication, the whole round globe is now smaller than a small European country was a hundred years ago.

Measured in time of transport and communication, the whole round globe is now smaller than a small European country was a hundred years ago.

- John Boyd Orr

If the views I have expressed be right, we can think of our civilization evolving with the growth of knowledge from small wandering tribes to large settled law.

If the views I have expressed be right, we can think of our civilization evolving with the growth of knowledge from small wandering tribes to large settled law.

- John Boyd Orr

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