Quotes by Ward, Dame Barbara

We cannot cheat on DNA. We cannot get round photosynthesis. We cannot >>

There is no human failure greater than to launch a profoundly importan >>

Quotations about Empire

The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from >>

Sovereignty over any foreign land is insecure. >>

Empires built on force will always be destroyed. Those built on trust >>

There is no human failure greater than to launch a profoundly important endeavor and then leave it half done. This is what the West has done with its colonial system. It shook all the societies in the world loose from their old moorings. But it seems indifferent whether or not they reach safe harbor in the end.

Ward, Dame Barbara