The only method compatible with our notions of civilization and the race is to prevent the breeding of the unfit by sterilization and the deliberate guidance of the mating instinct. [...] The trend of opinion among eugenists is that we must make marriage more difficult. Certainly no one who is not a desirable parent should be permitted to produce progeny.
Nikola TeslaThe spread of civilisation may be likened to a fire; first, a feeble spark, next a flickering flame, then a mighty blaze, ever increasing in speed and power.
Nikola TeslaIt is a simple feat of scientific electrical engineering — only expensive — blind, faint-hearted, doubting world.
Nikola TeslaThe desire that guides me in all I do is the desire to harness the forces of nature to the service of mankind.
Nikola Tesla