The machine that frees man's back of drudgery does not thereby make his spirit free. Technology has made us more productive, but it does not necessarily enrich our lives. Engineers can build us great dams, but only great people make a valley great. There is no technology of goodness. Men must make themselves spiritually free.


TVA: Democracy on the March (p. 218), Harper & Brothers. 1944

David E. Lilienthal Quotes

The machine that frees man's back of drudgery does not thereby make his spirit free. Technology has made us more productive, but it does not...

The machine that frees man's back of drudgery does not thereby make his spirit free. Technology has made us more productive, but it does not...

The machine that frees man's back of drudgery does not thereby make his spirit free. Technology has made us more productive, but it does not...

The machine that frees man's back of drudgery does not thereby make his spirit free. Technology has made us more productive, but it does not...