Of the twenty-two civilizations that have appeared in history, nineteen of them collapsed when they reached the moral state the United States is in now.

The only real struggle in the history of the world ... is between the vested interest and social justice.

Nothing fails like success when you rely on it too much.

Of the twenty or so civilizations known to modern Western historians, all except our own appear to be dead or moribund, and, when we diagnose each case... we invariably find that the cause of death has been either War or Class or some combination of the two.

The immense cities lie basking on the beaches of the continent like whales that have taken to the land.

The last stage but one of every civilisation, is characterised by the forced political unification of its constituent parts, into a single greater whole.

We human beings do have some genuine freedom of choice and therefore some effective control over our own destinies. I am not a determinist. But I also believe that the decisive choice is seldom the latest choice in the series. More often than not, it will turn out to be some choice made relatively far back in the past.