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John Boyd Orr Quotes

John Boyd Orr quotes about war

Scottish Politician September 23, 1880 – June 25, 1971

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It is said that those whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad. It may well be that a war neurosis stirred up by propaganda of fear and hatred is the prelude to destruction. John Boyd Orr
John Boyd Orr quote: "Our civilization is now in the transition stage between the..."
Our civilization is now in the transition stage between the age of warring empires and a new age of world unity and peace. 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. 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. John Boyd Orr
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
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. John Boyd Orr
As we have seen, the wireless and the airplane have made the world so small and nations so dependent on each other that the only alternative to war is the United States of the World. John Boyd Orr
After the First World War the economic problem was no longer one of production. It was the problem of finding markets to get the output of industry and agriculture dispersed and consumed. John Boyd Orr
John Boyd Orr quote: "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
During the last war when there was a market for everything that could be produced, the production capacity of Canada and the United States, which were outside the battle area, increased one hundred percent. John Boyd Orr

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