I Am Now Quite Sure That Tragedy

The Argument That The Two Parties Should Represent Opposed Ideals And Policies, One, Perhaps, Of The Right And The Other Of The Left, Is A Foolish Idea Acceptable Only To Doctrinaire And Academic Thinkers.

The Council On Foreign Relations Is The American Branch Of A Society Which Originated In England ... [and] ... Believes National Boundaries Should Be Obliterated And One-world Rule Established.

To Know Is Not Too Demanding: It Merely Requires Memory And Time. But To Understand Is Quite A Different Matter: It Requires Intellectual Ability And Training, A Self Conscious Awareness Of What One Is Doing, Experience In Techniques Of Analysis And Synthesis, And Above All, Perspective.

The Very Idea That There Is Some Kind Of Conflict Between Science And Religion Is Completely Mistaken. Science Is A Method For Investigating Experience... Religion Is The Fundamental, Necessary Internalization Of Our System Of More Permanent Values.

It Is Also In Theory, Conceivable That Some Universal Empire Some Day Might Cover The Whole Globe, Leaving No External "barbarians" To Serve As Invaders.