Modern

Famous quotes containing the word modern:

“All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the state.”
—Albert Camus (1913–1960)

“Bureacracy, the rule of no one, has become the modern form of despotism.”
—Mary McCarthy (1912–1989)

“And, in fine, the ancient precept, “Know thyself,” and the modern precept, “Study nature,” become at last one maxim.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)