The desire for liberty has also made itself felt as struggle against domestic tyranny or arbitrary rule.

Men who are scandalized at the lack of freedom in Russia do not ask themselves how real is liberty among the poor, the weak, and the ignorant in capitalist society.

As the world community develops in peace, it will open up great untapped reservoirs in human nature.

The role of Italy and of Austria has diminished as has that of France and Britain; Germany and Japan have suffered catastrophically.

It is natural to try to understand one's own time and to seek to analyse the forces that move it.

Industrialization based on machinery, already referred to as a characteristic of our age, is but one aspect of the revolution that is being wrought by technology.

A second characteristic of our time is the prevalence of nationalism. This is still spreading, affecting new communities, more peripheral regions and so-called backward peoples.