The real evil of the Russian communist state is not communism. It is the secret police and the concentration camp.

Quote by John Boyd Orr

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Our civilization is now in the transition stage between the age of warring empires and...

Our civilization is now in the transition stage between the age of warring empires and...

When the Industrial Revolution of the nineteenth century brought a rapid increase in wealth, the...

When the Industrial Revolution of the nineteenth century brought a rapid increase in wealth, the...

As we have seen, the wireless and the airplane have made the world so small...

As we have seen, the wireless and the airplane have made the world so small...

In recent times, European nations, with the use of gunpowder and other technical improvements in...

In recent times, European nations, with the use of gunpowder and other technical improvements in...

It is said that those whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad....

It is said that those whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad....

In the last fifty years science has advanced more than in the 2,000 previous years...

In the last fifty years science has advanced more than in the 2,000 previous years...

We are now physically, politically, and economically one world and nations so interdependent that the...

We are now physically, politically, and economically one world and nations so interdependent that the...

Though the general principles of statecraft have survived the rise and fall of empires, every...

Though the general principles of statecraft have survived the rise and fall of empires, every...

During the last war when there was a market for everything that could be produced,...

During the last war when there was a market for everything that could be produced,...

As I have tried to show, science, in producing the airplane and the wireless, has...

As I have tried to show, science, in producing the airplane and the wireless, has...

Nearly every country in the world is now becoming industrialized as rapidly as it can.

Nearly every country in the world is now becoming industrialized as rapidly as it can.

When the fabric of society is so rigid that it cannot change quickly enough, adjustments...

When the fabric of society is so rigid that it cannot change quickly enough, adjustments...

Empires won by conquest have always fallen either by revolt within or by defeat by...

Empires won by conquest have always fallen either by revolt within or by defeat by...

The increase of territory and power of empires by force of arms has been the...

The increase of territory and power of empires by force of arms has been the...

If the views I have expressed be right, we can think of our civilization evolving...

If the views I have expressed be right, we can think of our civilization evolving...

However difficult it may be to bring it about, some form of world government, with...

However difficult it may be to bring it about, some form of world government, with...

Our civilization has evolved through the continuous adjustment of society to the stimulus of new...

Our civilization has evolved through the continuous adjustment of society to the stimulus of new...

The history of our civilization has been one of intermittent war.

The history of our civilization has been one of intermittent war.

There can be no peace in the world so long as a large proportion of...

There can be no peace in the world so long as a large proportion of...

Science has produced such powerful weapons that in a war between great powers there would...

Science has produced such powerful weapons that in a war between great powers there would...