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John Boyd Orr
John Boyd Orr
Scottish Politician
Born: Sep 23, 1880
Died: Jun 25, 1971
Brought Civilization Political Science War World
Related authors: Johann Lamont John Buchan Margo MacDonald Nicola Sturgeon Robert Dale Owen Walter Elliot William Hamilton
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
War Destruction Fear Hatred First Wish Those Destroy Mad Propaganda Neurosis Well Make Said Stirred Up Gods May Prelude Whom
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
Revenge Humiliation Power Defeat Lust Rulers Out Some Wipe Glory Due Been Former Wars
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
Revolution Waxed Thousand Thousand Years Attack Arisen Powerful Empires Another Without Fallen Years Five Six After Internal Wars Conquest Last
Empires won by conquest have always fallen either by revolt within or by defeat by a rival. John Boyd Orr
Defeat Rival Empires Within Always Fallen Won Revolt Either Conquest
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
War Hope Think Vain Worst Some Atomic Horrors Might Use Avoided International Agreement Bombs
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
War Problem World Agriculture First Markets Finding Economic Output Consumed Longer Industry First World First World War Get After Production World War
The increase of territory and power of empires by force of arms has been the policy of all great powers, and it has always been possible to get the approval of their state religion. John Boyd Orr
Great Religion Power Increase State Approval Possible Has-Been Empires Powers Force Arms Policy Territory Always Been Get
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
Peace Age World Stage Unity Our Civilization Between New Empires New Age Transition Warring Now
The real evil of the Russian communist state is not communism. It is the secret police and the concentration camp. John Boyd Orr
Communism Police Evil State Secret Russian Concentration Real Camp Communist
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
Change Society Enough Rigid Adjustment Fabric Unrest Quickly Revolutions Achieved Cannot Social
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
War Great Science Destruction Neither Would Would-Be Weapons Vanquished Both Powerful Between Powers Nor Overwhelmed Victor Produced
As I have tried to show, science, in producing the airplane and the wireless, has created a new international political environment to which governments must adjust their foreign policies. John Boyd Orr
Science Political Airplane Adjust Must Tried Wireless Environment New Policies Foreign Governments Which Created Producing Show International
Though the general principles of statecraft have survived the rise and fall of empires, every increase in knowledge has brought about changes in the political, economic, and social structure. John Boyd Orr
Knowledge Political Fall Every Increase Changes Though Brought About Rise General Structure Economic Empires Principles Survived Social

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