Quote by James Lovelock

There aren't just bad people that commit genocide we are all capable of it. It's our evolutionary history.

There aren't just bad people that commit genocide we are all

Summary

This quote implies that the capacity for committing acts of genocide is not limited to a select group of inherently evil individuals. Instead, it suggests that every individual is capable of such heinous actions due to our shared evolutionary history. It implies that humans have within them the potential for violence and destruction, making it necessary for society to actively work towards preventing and curbing these tendencies. Ultimately, the quote highlights the importance of understanding our collective nature and actively combating the potential for genocidal behavior.

Topics

History

By James Lovelock

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called

If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called a mistake.

Inspirational Mistake

There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's

There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.

George Bernard Shaw

Life

My mom started smoking when she was 11. She went to the hill

My mom started smoking when she was 11. She went to the hill next door to try her first cigarette. She set the entire hill on fire, but it didn't deter her.

Mom

I started on an Apple II, which I had bought at the very end

I started on an Apple II, which I had bought at the very end of 1978 for half of my annual income. I made $4,500 a year, and I spent half of it on the computer.

Computers

Fix'd like a plan on his peculiar spot, to draw nutrition, p

Fix'd like a plan on his peculiar spot, to draw nutrition, propagate, and rot.

Action(s)

Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize i

Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it.

Truth

For in the absence of debate unrestricted utterance leads to

For in the absence of debate unrestricted utterance leads to the degradation of opinion. By a kind of Greshams law the more rational is overcome by the less rational, and the opinions that will prevail will be those which are held most ardently by those with the most passionate will. For that reason the freedom to speak can never be maintained merely by objecting to interference with the liberty of the press, of printing, of broadcasting, of the screen. It can be maintained only by promoting debate.

Walter Lippmann

Bums are the well-to-do of this day. They didn't have as far

Bums are the well-to-do of this day. They didn't have as far to fall.

Jackson Pollock

Poverty

Nothing recommends a man to the female mind than courage.

Nothing recommends a man to the female mind than courage.

Bravery

Many of life's failures are experienced by people who did no

Many of life's failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

I've always known I wanted a family.

I've always known I wanted a family.

Charlize Theron

Family

That heavenly music! what is it I hear? The notes of the har

That heavenly music! what is it I hear? The notes of the harpers ring sweet in mine ear. And, see, soft unfolding those portals of gold, The King all arrayed in his beauty behold!

William Augustus Muhlenberg

Music Beauty