man’s oldest and least reputable occupation – war.
“man’s oldest and least reputable occupation – war.” Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth
“man’s oldest and least reputable occupation – war.” Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth
“The raw material from which social institutions are fashioned is always more or less recalcitrant and any human society will tend to produce a caricature … Read More
“Business shouldn’t be like sports, separating the men from the women.” Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth
“[To the cultures of Asia and the continent of Africa] it is the Western impact which has stirred up the winds of change and set … Read More
“To act without rapacity, to use knowledge with wisdom, to respect interdependence, to operate without hubris and greed are not simply moral imperatives. They are … Read More
“Casually, unconsciously, but with deadly effectiveness, western man all round the globe destroyed the traditional gods and the ancient societies with his commerce and his … Read More
“The modern world is not given to uncritical admiration. It expects its idols to have feet of clay and can be reasonably sure that the … Read More
“Jews were the first to believe that history itself has meaning and that progress, not repetition, is the law of life.” Barbara Ward, Baroness … Read More
“the distinction between rich nations and poor nations is one of the great dominant political and international themes of our century.” Barbara Ward, Baroness … Read More
“There is no human failure greater than to launch a profoundly important endeavour and then leave it half done.” Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of … Read More
“If a man has lived in a tradition which tells him that nothing can be done about his human condition, to believe that progress is … Read More
“It is a fact of history that those who seek to withdraw from its great experiments usually end up being overwhelmed by them.” Barbara … Read More
“the wealthy white western minority of the world could not hope to prosper if most of the rest of mankind were foundering in hopeless poverty. … Read More
“if we continue with what is surely our greatest Western temptation, and think that in some way history owes us a solution, that we can, … Read More
“It is only when people begin to shake loose from their preconceptions, from the ideas that have dominated them, that we begin to receive a … Read More
“In the home we make certain distinctions about functions of rooms and corridors; we do not deliver the groceries straight into the baby’s crib. In … Read More
“To me, one of the proofs that there is a moral governance in the universe is the fact that when people and governments work intelligently … Read More
“Faith will not be restored in the West because people believe it to be useful. It will return only when they find that it is … Read More
“Our physical unity has gone far ahead of our moral unity.” Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth
“We have forgotten how to be good guests, how to walk lightly on the earth as its other creatures do.” Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson … Read More