Following the rise of the Labour Party it seemed reasonable, in 1927, to expect, or at least hope, that co-operation for the common good might gradually replace the competitiveness of capitalism.

Democracy can only spring from practising it early, and democratic action was not to expected from young people brought up under a close authoritarian system.

Marriage laws, the police, armies and navies are the mark of human incompetence.

We do not want our world to perish. But in our quest for knowledge, century by century, we have placed all our trust in a cold, impartial intellect which only brings us nearer to destruction.

There is no instinct that has been so maligned, suppressed, abused, and distorted by religious teaching as the instinct of sex.

We have heeded no wisdom offering guidance. Only by learning to love one another can our world be saved. Only love can conquer all.

We have heeded no wisdom offering guidance.