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 ariseattackconquest Change image and share on social
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 agocommunicationcountry Change image and share on social
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 airplanealternativedependent Change image and share on social
We are now physically, politically, and economically one world and nations so interdependent that the absolute national sovereignty of nations is no longer possible. John Boyd Orr absoluteeconomicallyinterdependent Change image and share on social
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 agecivilizationempire Change image and share on social
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 achieveadjustmentchange Change image and share on social
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 areabattlecanada share on social
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 defeatdueglory Change image and share on social
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 destroydestructionfear Change image and share on social
There can be no peace in the world so long as a large proportion of the population lack the necessities of life and believe that a change of the political and economic system will make them available. World peace must be based on world plenty. John Boyd Orr basechangeeconomic share on social
