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Industrial Age: Revolution, Darwin, Marx, and the birth of modern science and politics.

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Industrial Age

Thinkers of the Industrial Age

George W. Bush

George W. Bush

1824 – 1900

Politics
700

quotes

George Walker Bush is an American politician, businessman, and former U.S. Air Force officer who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party and the eldest son of the 41st president, George H.

This crusade, this war on terrorism is going to take a while.

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler

1889 – 1945

Politics
193

quotes

Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Germany during the Nazi era, which lasted from 1933 until his suicide in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, becoming the chancellor of Germany in 1933 and then taking the title of Führer und Reichskanzler in 1934. Germany's invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 under his leadership marked the outbreak of the Second World War.

Does anyone believe that there is an international conscience?

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

1882 – 1945

Politics
176

quotes

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945. He is the longest-serving U.S. president and the only one to have served more than two terms.

Stephen Miller

Stephen Miller

1816 – 1881

Music
3

quotes

John D. Rockefeller

John D. Rockefeller

1839 – 1937

Business
41

quotes

John Davison Rockefeller Sr. was an American businessman and philanthropist. He was one of the wealthiest Americans of all time and one of the richest persons in modern history.

Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell

1872 – 1970

Philosophy
463

quotes

British philosopher, logician, and social critic.

Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.

Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein

1879 – 1955

Science
362

quotes

Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist best known for developing the theory of relativity. Einstein also made important contributions to quantum theory. His mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc2, which arises from special relativity, has been called "the world's most famous equation".

Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.

Thomas Carlyle

Thomas Carlyle

1795 – 1881

Philosophy
402

quotes

Thomas Carlyle was a Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher. Known as the "sage of Chelsea", his writings strongly influenced the intellectual and artistic culture of the Victorian era.

Love is ever the beginning of Knowledge as fire is of light.