Arthur Keith Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“In a tribal organization, even in time of peace, service to tribe or state predominates over all self seeking; in war, service for the tribe or state becomes supreme, and personal liberty is suspended.”

“The proper balance between individual liberty and central authority is a very ancient problem.”

“I am a rank individualist.”

“My personal conviction is that science is concerned wholly with truth, not with ethics.”

“Civilization, we shall find, like Universalism and Christianity, is anti evolutionary in its effects; it works against the laws and conditions which regulated the earlier stages of man's ascent.”

“Civilization never stands still; if in one country it is falling back, in another it is changing, evolving, becoming more complicated, bringing fresh experience to body and mind, breeding new desires, and exploiting Nature's cupboard for their satisfaction.”

“Whichever theory we adopt to give a rational explanation of human existence, that theory must take into account and explain the mental nature we see at work in all modern communities.”

“Reason has not tamed desire: it is as strong as ever.”

“In every man there is an instinctive and passionate reaction if his person or liberty is attacked.”

“The main force used in the evolving world of humanity has hitherto been applied in the form of war.”