The character of the Open Conspiracy [the movement towards a world col…

H. G. Wells
244 citations
The character of the Open Conspiracy [the movement towards a world collective] will now be plainly displayed. It will have become a great world movement as widespread and evident as socialism or communism. It will largely have taken the place of these movements. It will be more, it will be a world religion.
Reading
15

More Author Quotes

There are no social differences - till women come in. ✨ H. G. Wells (2013). Delphi Collected Works of H. G. Wells (Illustrated), p.1720, Delphi Classics
The world needs something stronger than any possible rebellion against its peace. In other words it needs a federal world government embodying a new conception of human life as one whole.
Strength is the outcome of need; security sets a premium on feebleness. The work of ameliorating the conditions of life -- the true civilizing process that makes life more and more secure -- had gone … ▶
They haven't any spirit in them - no proud dreams and no proud lusts; and a man who hasn't one or the other-Lord! What is he but funk and precautions. ✨ H.G. Wells (2011). The Time Machine, The Invis … ▶
...instead of offering me a Garibaldi biscuit, she asked me with that faint lisp of hers, to 'have some squashed flies, George'. ✨ H. G. Wells (2016). Tono-Bungay, p.250, H. G. Wells

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes