The history of man is dominated by, and reflects, the amount of available energy

But what sin is to the moralist and crime to the jurist so to the scientific man is ignorance.

I believe that there have been civilisations in the past that were familiar with atomic energy, and that by misusing it they were totally destroyed.

The whole profit of the issuance of money has provided the capital of the great banking business as it exists today.

Mankind has always drawn from outside sources of energy. This island was the first to harness coal and steam. But our present sources stand in the ratio of a million to one, compared with any previous sources. The release of atomic energy will change the whole structure of society.

With all our mastery over the powers of Nature we have adhered to the view that the struggle for existence is a permanent and necessary condition of life.

The history of man is dominated by, and reflects, the amount of available energy