The real evil of the Russian communist state is not communism. It is the secret police and the concentration camp.
John Boyd OrrMeasured in time of transport and communication, the whole round globe is now smaller than a small European country was a hundred years ago.
John Boyd OrrEmpires won by conquest have always fallen either by revolt within or by defeat by a rival.
John Boyd OrrIt is said that those whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad. It may well be that a war neurosis stirred up by propaganda of fear and hatred is the prelude to destruction.
John Boyd Orr