All Political Lives, Unless They Are Cut

I Do Not Know If The Doctrine That The Nation-state Arose In The 19th Century Was Still Being Taught:;... But It Is Erroneous. The Nation-state Reaches Back Far Into The Origins Of Europe Itself And Perhaps Beyond. If Europe Was Not Always A Europe Of Nations, It Was Always A Europe In Which Nations Existed, And Were Taken For Granted, As A Basic Form Of The State.

I Should Like To Have Been Killed In The War.

I Refer To The Misunderstanding Of Soviet Russia As An Aggressive Power, Militaristically And Ideologically Bent Upon World Domination 'seeing', To Quote A Recent Speech Of The British Prime Minister, 'the Rest Of The World As Its Rightful Fiefdom.' How Any Rational Person, Viewing Objectively The History Of The Last Thirty-five Years, Could Entertain This 'international Misunderstanding' Challenges, If It Does Not Defeat, Comprehension. The Notion Has No Basis In Fact... If Russia Is Bent On World Conquest, She Has Been Remarkably Slothful And Remarkably Unsuccessful.

It Is Advertising That Enthrones The Customer As King. This Infuriates The Socialist...[it Is] The Crossing Of The Boundary Between West Berlin And East Berlin. It Is Checkpoint Charlie, Or Rather Checkpoint Douglas, The Transition From The World Of Choice And Freedom To The World Of Drab, Standard Uniformity.

The Supreme Function Of Statesmanship Is To Provide Against Preventable Evils.