Humanity

Famous quotes containing the word humanity:

“There is, in all great poets, a wisdom of humanity which is superior to any talents they exercise.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“If only nature is real and if, in nature, only desire and destruction are legitimate, then, in that all humanity does not suffice to assuage the thirst for blood, the path of destruction must lead to universal annihilation.”
—Albert Camus (1913–1960)

“I think the worst thing this nation could do for humanity would be to leave any uncertainty as to our will, our purpose and our capacity to carry out our purpose.”
—Hubert H. Humphrey (1911–1978)