It is probably well that we had the war when we did. We are better off now than we would have been without it, and have made more rapid progress than we otherwise should have made... But this war was a fearful lesson, and should teach us the necessity of avoiding wars in the future. Ulysses S. Grant
I think that Africa has made quite rapid progress and a lot of the conflicts that we saw on the continent have abated. John Dramani Mahama
He thought that the world would make more rapid progress without the burden of old people. Gabriel García Márquez
Horses and mules, and even sail cars, made more rapid progress than did the earliest locomotive. John Moody
The year 1915 was one of meager results, the advantages remaining on the side of the Central Powers, with this understanding, however: The Allies were growing stronger because Great Britain was making rapid progress in marshaling her resources for war. Kelly Miller
Semantics, or the study of meaning, remained undeveloped, while phonetics made rapid progress and even came to occupy the central place in the scientific study of language. Roman Jakobson