"We must convince each generation that they are transient passengers on this planet earth. It does not belong to them. They are not free to doom generations yet unborn. They are not at liberty to erase humanity's past nor dim its future."

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Source : Bernard Lown's Nobel Lecture in Oslo, Norway, www.nobelprize.org. December 11, 1985.

Bernard Lown

#Inspiring Quotes #Past Quotes #Humanity Quotes

“I think I did 97 pitch meetings, and even at the 97th meeting, there were questions I was getting that I hadn't had in the - you know, any of the 96 preceding ones.”
“The more someone talks, the more they reveal about themselves and the more they reveal about the way something has affected them.”
“Trick names are so ridiculous!”
“Always think about practice... theory is not the endpoint of work, it is the work along the way to work.”
“Turning a human being into a thing is almost always the first step towards justifying violence against that person.”

Source : Jean Kilbourne (1999). “Deadly Persuasion: Why Women and Girls Must Fight the Addictive Power of Advertising”
“The politics of Europe is unimaginative and bureaucratic.”

Source : "Marjorie Scardino: business leaders will back EU in the end" by Jason Deans, www.theguardian.com. April 16, 2013.
“Swords were given to men, that none might be Slaves, but such as know not how to use them.”

Source : Algernon SIDNEY, Isaac Littlebury (1704). “Discourses concerning Government ... Published by I. Littlebury from an original manuscript of the author”, p.245
“As this body of knowledge has evolved, a much more critical job for researchers and scientists has evolved into explaining and educating policy makers and the public to the risks of global warming and the possible consequences of action or of no action.”

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