"killed more human beings and destroyed more cities and villages than all the epidemics, hurricanes, storms, floods, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions taken together. It has brought upon mankind more suffering than any other catastrophe."
React to this quote
More by Pitirim Sorokin
See allResonant Thoughts
"The American of today, in fact, probably enjoys less personal liberty than any other man of Christendom, and even his political liberty is fast succumbing to the new dogma that certain theories of gov…"
Explore Further
Related Quotes
"The only thing that will redeem mankind is co-operation."
— Bertrand Russell"Pluralist societies are not accidents of history. They are a product of enlightened education and continuou…"
— Aga Khan IV"When we consider carefully what many of our so-called humanists stand for, we find that they are not humani…"
— Irving Babbitt"Lima frightened him, it was too big, you could lose yourself in it and never find your way home; the people…"
— Mario Vargas Llosa"Gambling was the place where statistics and profound human consequences met most nakedly, after all, and ca…"
— Tim Powers"an opportunity to stop at lots of little towns along the way where people probably never see or don't very …"
— Tony Abbott
Related Thinkers
Related Topics
Deep Dives
- Adolf Hitler on Human Nature
- George W. Bush on Human Nature
- Abraham Lincoln on Human Nature
- Jair Bolsonaro on Human Nature
- Donald Trump on Human Nature
- Hillary Clinton on Human Nature
- Henry Adams on Human Nature
- Benjamin Franklin on Human Nature
- Adolf Hitler on time
- Adolf Hitler on life
- knowledge & Beauty
- knowledge & Change