The true strength of rulers and empires lies not in armies or emotions, but in the belief of men that they are inflexibly open and truthful and legal. As soon as a government departs from that standard it ceases to be anything more than 'the gang in possession,' and its days are numbered.
H. G. WellsThe establishment of the world community will surely exact a price – and who can tell what that price may be? – in toil, suffering and blood.
H. G. WellsThe crying sounded even louder out of doors. It was as if all the pain in the world had found a voice
H. G. Wells