Quotes by Steam Engines Freedom of the press is to the machinery of the state what the safety valve is to the steam engine. Arthur Schopenhauer steam-engines safety evil Private capitalism makes a steam engine; State capitalism makes pyramids. Frank Chodorov steam-engines states pyramids Those who admire modern civilization usually identify it with the steam engine and the electric telegraph. George Bernard Shaw steam-engines modern civilization Science owes more to the steam engine than the steam engine owes to science. Lawrence Joseph Henderson steam-engines accounts science The Internet, like the steam engine, is a technological breakthrough that changed the world. Peter Singer steam-engines internet world Better a poor steam engine that runs, than a good one never finished. R. G. LeTourneau steam-engines poor running