"If the human race wishes to have..." - Quote by Winston Churchill
If the human race wishes to have a prolonged and indefinite period of material prosperity, they have only got to behave in a peaceful and helpful way toward one another.
More by Winston Churchill
“The test of a people is what they can do when they're tired.”
“Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, 'This was their finest hour.'”
“After a time, civil servants tend to become no longer servants and no longer civil.”
More on Peace
“There is peace and rest and comfort in sorrow”
“India wants to avoid a war at all costs but it is not a one-sided affair, you cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.”
“Our efforts to counter hatred, intolerance, and indifference must continue simultaneously at individual and structural levels. We must try to influence for good the minds and hearts of individual people through dialogue and confidence building. These efforts must be reinforced by our efforts to create just structures in society to support the ongoing work of negotiations in the human community. Only then will we have a chance to negate the terrible consequences of the tremendous conflicts facing humankind today.”
More on Prosperity
“I believe that the free enterprise system is the greatest engine of prosperity the world's ever known.”
“Too often, people forget the basic fact of life: all those good things we enjoy come from the ache in [our] backs and the willingness to shoulder great personals risks.”
“Prosperous farmers mean more employment, more prosperity for the workers and the business men of every industrial area in the whole country.”