Justin

“In the nature of man we find three principal causes of quarrel: gain (predatory raids), safety (preemptive raids), and reputation (retaliatory raids).”
― Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined

“a free market puts a premium on empathy.”
― Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined

“To destroy a man is difficult, almost as difficult as to create one: it has not been easy, nor quick, but you Germans have succeeded. Here we are, docile under your gaze; from our side you have nothing more to fear; no acts of violence, no words of defiance, not even a look of judgment.”
― Primo Levi, Survival in Auschwitz

“in the West today public places are no longer named after military victories. Our war memorials depict not proud commanders on horseback but weeping mothers, weary soldiers, or exhaustive lists of names of the dead.”
― Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined