Older Men Start Wars, But Younger Men

While It Is True That An Inherently Free And Scrupulous Person May Be Destroyed, Such An Individual Can Never Be Enslaved Or Used As A Blind Tool.

There Is Nothing Divine About Morality, It Is A Purely Human Affair.

Force Always Attracts Men Of Low Morality, And I Believe It To Be An Invariable Rule That Tyrants Of Genius Are Succeeded By Scoundrels.

Any Power Must Be An Enemy Of Mankind Which Enslaves The Individual By Power And By Force, Whether It Arises Under The Fascist Or The Communist Flag. All That Is Valuable In Human Society Depends Upon The Opportunity For Development Accorded To The Individual.

When I Was A Fairly Precocious Young Man I Became Thoroughly Impressed With The Futility Of The Hopes And Strivings That Chase Most Men Restlessly Through Life. Moreover, I Soon Discovered The Cruelty Of That Chase, Which In Those Years Was Much More Carefully Covered Up By Hypocrisy And Glittering Words Than Is The Case Today. By The Mere Existence Of His Stomach Everyone Was Condemned To Participate In That Chase. The Stomach Might Well Be Satisfied By Such Participation, But Not Man Insofar As He Is A Thinking And Feeling Being.