The nature of the new world system was not so different from the old. It was for the moment more stable, but a reasonable forecast would be that Africa in particular had a century of border wars ahead of it.

If the newspapers of a country are filled with good news, the jails of that country will be filled with good people.

No one is innocent after the experience of governing. But not everyone is guilty.

Secrecy is for losers. For people who do not know how important the information really is.

The issue of race could benefit from a period of benign neglect.

The atmosphere in which social legislation is considered is not a friend of truth.

The central conservative truth is that it is culture, not politics, that determines the success of a society. The central liberal truth is that politics can change a culture and save it from itself.