Only a free society... Can produce the technology that makes tyranny possible.

John Keith Laumer

More information about this quote

Topic

Technological progress

Author

John Keith Laumer

Genre

Science fiction

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1967 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Writer

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Laumer, John Keith. "Test to Destruction." Dangerous Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison. Doubleday, 1967.

Illustrated Quote

A quote by John Keith Laumer about technological progress: “Only a free society... Can produce the technology that makes…”
Download
A quote by John Keith Laumer about technological progress: “Only a free society... Can produce the technology that makes…”
Download
A quote by John Keith Laumer about technological progress: “Only a free society... Can produce the technology that makes…”
Download

Related Quotes

Below are one or more quotes that share at least one tag with the quote at the top of the page

Another quote from the 1960s

Growth was seen as an endless series of daily choices and decisions in each of which one can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.

Abraham Maslow

The Psychology of Science

More information about this quote
Topic
Facing one's fears Personal growth

Author

Abraham Maslow
Source
The Psychology of Science
Genre
Scientific literature Psychological literature
Language
English
Time
1966 1960s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Maslow, Abraham. The Psychology of Science: A Reconnaissance. Harper & Row, 1966, ch. 3.

Another quote from the following genre Science fiction

No. Try not. Do...or do not. There is no try.

Yoda

Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

Watch Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back at Amazon Watch Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back at Amazon
More information about this quote
Topic
Taking action
Speaker
Yoda
Actor
Frank Oz
Source
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
Medium
Film
Genre
Epic (film) Science fiction (film) Epic Science fiction
Language
English
Time
1980 1980s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back. Directed by Irvin Kershner, Lucasfilm Ltd., 1980.

Another quote of the following type Paradox

We are healed of a suffering only by experiencing it to the full.

Marcel Proust

In Search of Lost Time

Buy The Fugitive at Amazon Buy The Fugitive at Amazon
More information about this quote
Topic
Healing Suffering

Author

Marcel Proust
Source
The Fugitive In Search of Lost Time
Medium
Novel
Genre
Modernist literature
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
French
Time
1922 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Proust, Marcel. Albertine disparue [Albertine Gone]. Paris: Gallimard, 1927.

Current Citation

Proust, Marcel. The Fugitive, edited and translated by Peter Collier. Penguin Classics, 2021.