Quotes of famous people regarding the destructive nature of man?
- Chosen by Voters Here are a few…“Of all the animals on earth, man has shown himself to be the most cruel and brutal. He is the only animal that will create instruments of death for his own destruction. … He is the only one that will build homes, towns, and cities at such a cost in sacrifice and suffering and turn around and destroy them in war.” –J. William Fulbright, Old Myths and New Realities“It’s silly to go on pretending that under the skin we are all brothers. The truth is more likely that under the skin we are all cannibals, assassins, traitors, liars, hypocrites, poltroons.” –Henry Miller “Man has been endowed with reason, with the power to create, so that he can add to what he's been given. But up to now he hasn't been a creator, only a destroyer. Forests keep disappearing, rivers dry up, wild life's become extinct, the climate's ruined and the land grows poorer and uglier every day.” [Anton Chekhov, Uncle Vanya, 1897]The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago… had they happened to be within the reach of predatory human hands. ~Havelock Ellis, The Dance of Life, 1923“For 200 years we've been conquering Nature. Now we're beating it to death.” ~Tom McMillan, quoted in Francesca Lyman, The Greenhouse Trap, 1990“A man may devote himself to death and destruction to save a nation; but no nation will devote itself to death and destruction to save mankind.” Samuel Taylor Coleridge“Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth.” ~Albert Schweitzer, quoted in James Brabazon, Albert Schweitzer 7 months ago 100% 1 Vote
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