"In our tenure on this planet we've accumulated dangerous evolutionary baggage — propensities for aggression and ritual, submission to leaders, hostility to outsiders — all of which puts our survival in some doubt."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Carl Sagan, Cosmos (1980), p. 318.
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Aggression
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Aggression
13 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Aggression →
Related Quotes
"This will not stand, this aggression against Kuwait."
"The vast majority of the peoples of the world are against war and against aggression. If they make their wishes known…"
"Is this a call to war? Does anyone pretend that preparation for resistance to aggression is unleashing war? I declare…"
"Every general reprisal is a hostile aggression."
"War no longer pays; there is no motive for aggression."
"The men who are to protect the community against violent aggression easily turn into the most dangerous aggressors. T…"
"Male aggression and lust are the energizing factors in culture. They are men’s tools of survival in the pagan vastnes…"
"History teaches that wars begin when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap."
"We build theologies around violence, elect leaders who excel at it, and in the case of so many women, preferentially …"
"We designate by the term "State" institutions that embody absolutism in its extreme form and institutions that temper…"