“ No community can exist and prosper without rigid discipline. ”
Nikola Tesla, The Problem of Increasing Human Energy (1900). copy citation
| Author | Nikola Tesla |
|---|---|
| Source | The Problem of Increasing Human Energy |
| Topic | discipline community |
| Date | 1900 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | The Problem of Increasing Human Energy with special references to the harnessing of the Sun's energy, in "Century Illustrated Magazine" |
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| Weblink | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Problem_of_Increasing_Human_Energy |
Context
“When we consider the millions of individuals, often the ablest in mind and body, the flower of humanity, who are compelled to a life of inactivity and unproductiveness, the immense sums of money daily required for the maintenance of armies and war apparatus, representing ever so much of human energy, all the effort uselessly spent in the production of arms and implements of destruction, the loss of life and the fostering of a barbarous spirit, we are appalled at the inestimable loss to mankind which the existence of these deplorable conditions must involve. What can we do to combat best this great evil?
Law and order absolutely require the maintenance of organized force. No community can exist and prosper without rigid discipline. Every country must be able to defend itself, should the necessity arise. The conditions of to-day are not the result of yesterday, and a radical change cannot be effected to-morrow. If the nations would at once disarm, it is more than likely that a state of things worse than war itself would follow.”
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