Given a fair chance, human beings can govern themselves, and govern themselves better

The propagandist's purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human.

We live together, we act on, and react to one another; but always, and in all circumstances, we are by ourselves.

Medical science is making such remarkable progress that soon none of us will be well.

People believe in God because they've been conditioned to believe in God.

Drill and uniforms impose an architecture on the crowd. An army's beautiful. But that's not all; it panders to lower instincts than the aesthetic. The spectacle of human beings reduced to automatism satisfies the lust for power. Looking at mechanized slaves, one fancies oneself a master.

Civilization is sterilization.