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Eradicated Quotes

What gets erased, and what quietly survives.

This set of eradicated quotes argues that some things resist erasure entirely, whether it is a child's imagination or the ideals tied to Martin Luther King's legacy, even as public policy tries to legislate them away.

I doubt that the imagination can be suppressed. If you truly eradicated it in a child, he would grow up to be an eggplant.

Quotes by Ursula K. Le Guin

Under no circumstances should doodling be eradicated from a classroom or a boardroom or even the war room. On the contrary, doodling should be leveraged in precisely those situations where information density is very high and the need for processing...

Quotes by Sunni Brown

Poverty and ignorance, which beget terror, are not eradicated by firing artillery shells. Borders do not stop rockets, and barbed wire does not prevent terror.

Quotes by Shimon Peres

As medical research continues and technology enables new breakthroughs, there will be a day when malaria and most all major deadly diseases are eradicated on Earth.

Quotes by Peter Diamandis

Artillery Quotes

The greatest difference between now and 1964, when I began teaching, is that public policy has pretty much eradicated the dream of Martin Luther King.

Quotes by Jonathan Kozol

Many a trace, and many a germ of this infantile disease, to which without a doubt, I also am a victim, has been chased away by your brochure, or will yet be eradicated by it.

Quotes by Herman Gorter

Medicine has changed greatly in the last decades. Widespread vaccinations have practically eradicated many illnesses, at least in western Europe and the United States. The use of chemotherapy, especially the antibiotics, has contributed to an ever decreasing number of fatalities...

Quotes by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Disease is, in essence, the result of conflict between soul and mind, and will never be eradicated except by spiritual and mental effort.

Quotes by Edward Bach

Suffering is a corrective to point out a lesson which by other means we have failed to grasp, and never can it be eradicated until that lesson is learnt.

Quotes by Edward Bach

Barbed Quotes

There are people who take rumors and embellish them in a way that can be devastating. And this pollution has to be eradicated by people in our business as best we can.

Quotes by Bob Woodward

If we provide quality education to one generation, poverty will automatically be eradicated from society.

Quotes by Arvind Kejriwal

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the main theme of the Eradicated quotes?
They ask whether certain things, like imagination, poverty, or terror, can truly be wiped out, or whether attempts to erase them by force just miss the point.
Why would readers look up eradicated quotes?
People often search this term when thinking about social problems that resist quick fixes, and these quotes offer perspectives from writers and public figures who have grappled with that exact frustration.
What does the doodling quote have to do with eradication?
It argues against eliminating doodling from classrooms or boardrooms, framing it as something valuable that gets wrongly targeted for removal, which broadens the topic beyond just social issues.
Does the collection connect to real historical policy?
Yes, one quote reflects on how public policy has, in practice, eroded the dream Martin Luther King spoke of, tying the abstract idea of eradication to a specific historical legacy.
Is there a related page on conflict and force?
The Barbed Wire quotes page follows up on the point that borders and weapons alone rarely solve the deeper causes of terror.

The point about violence failing to fix root causes connects naturally to Barbed Wire quotes on borders and conflict, and to Best quotes for more on lasting solutions.