You will have to go through 15, 20, 50 years of civil wars and national struggles not only to bring about a change in society but also to change yourselves, and prepare yourselves for the exercise of political power.

The redeeming feature of war is that it puts a nation to the test. As exposure to the atmosphere reduces all mummies to instant dissolution, so war passes supreme judgment upon social systems that have outlived their vitality.

The true law of economics is chance, and we learned people arbitrarily seize on a few moments and establish them as laws.

Without doubt, machinery has greatly increased the number of well-to-do idlers.

Advances in science help to delegitimize the rule of kings and the power of the Church.

Take away a nation's heritage and they are more easily persuaded.

Private property has made us so stupid and one-sided that an object is only ours when we have it