"Horror is the natural reaction to the last 5,000 years of history."
― Robert Anton Wilson
Topic(s):
History
More From Robert Anton Wilson
- "Every war results from the struggle for markets and spheres of influence, and every war is sold to the public by professional liars and totally sincere religious maniacs, as a Holy Crusade to save God and Goodness from Satan and Evil."
- "You know, I have found a new way to get high and stay spaced out for hours on end, and the government can’t stop me… It’s called senility."
- "The Bible tells us to be like God, and then on page after page it describes God as a mass murderer. This may be the single most important key to the political behavior of Western Civilization."
More In History
- "A lot of young players don’t really know much about the history of the game and a lot of them are missing out on what the game is all about, especially the whole concept of sportsmanship and teamwork."― Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- "There is a spirit and a need and a man at the beginning of every great human advance. Every one of these must be right for that particular moment of history, or nothing happens."― Coretta Scott King
- "Permanent superiority has never been realized by any nation in history. After the rise comes the fall."― Paul Harris