Quotes by Jacque Fresco

“If you think we can't change the world, it just means you're not one of those who will.”

“Democracy is a con game. Its a word invented to placate people to make them accept a given institution. All institutions sing, We are free. The minute you hear freedom and democracy, watch out beca...”

“I don't believe in the Great Man theory of science or history. There are no great men, just men standing on the shoulders of other men and what they have done.”

“Man, in the collective sense, is the hero of science. Man, in the collective sense, is the hero of Earth.”

“It takes a different value system if you wish to change the world.”

“With the observable fact that scientific knowledge makes our lives better when applied with concern for human welfare and environmental protection, there is no question that science and technology ...”

“If our system continues without modification involving environmental and social concern, we will face an economic and social breakdown of our outdated monetary and political system.”

“Democracy is a con game. It’s a word invented to placate people to make them accept a given institution. All institutions sing, ‘We are free.’ The minute you hear ‘freedom’ and ‘democracy’, watch o...”

“Competition is dangerous, socially offensive, considered right and normal, because you are brought up to that value system. What kind of competition did Jesus have? What kind of competition is ther...”

“When I was a young man, growing up in New York City, I refused to pledge allegiance to the flag. Of course I was sent to the principal's office and he asked me: Why don't you want to pledge allegia...”

“It was then that I realized that the rules of the economic game were inherently invalid. Shorty after came World War II, where various nations took turns, systematically destroying each other. I la...”

“For the hundreds of thousands of years of human existence when technologies were simple or non-existent, this may have had little impact on human life and the earth that sustains it. Each generatio...”

“You can play a role in the shaping of tomorrow’s world by asking yourself questions like, What kind of world do I want to live in? and What does democracy mean to me? There are many other options o...”

“The lives of most men and women are blighted by problems they cannot solve. Many events in our lives are the result of things beyond our control. While it is comforting to think, I’m in charge, in ...”

“People usually blame themselves or fate. However, when two cars collide at an intersection, should we blame the individual drivers, fate, or the way transportation is engineered so that it permits ...”

“In 2005 there were 43,200 thousand deaths in the US from car accidents, plus hundreds of thousands of injuries. But consider another way we get people from one place to another – the elevator. How ...”

“One would think that with our technology we could eliminate most social ills. Couldn’t modern technology supply enough food, clothing, shelter, and material goods for all if used intelligently? Wha...”

“What has been handed down to us does not seem to be working for the majority of people. With the advances in science and technology over the last two hundred years, you may be asking: does it have ...”

“Although we accept the inevitability of change, humans meet it with a lot of resistance. In most cases, change threatens those in positions of advantage and for the most part they are there in the ...”

“Yet at every turn, vested interests (those who have the most to gain in keeping things the way they are) oppose even technological changes... And so it goes.”