The old world order changed when this war-storm broke. The old international order passed away as suddenly, as unexpectedly, and as completely as if it had been wiped out by a gigantic flood, by a great tempest, or by a volcanic eruption. The old world order died with the setting of that day's sun and a new world order is being born while I speak, with birth-pangs so terrible that it seems almost incredible that life could come out of such fearful suffering and such overwhelming sorrow.
Nicholas Murray ButlerThe youth of today and the youth of tomorrow will be accorded an almost unequaled opportunity for great accomplishment and for human service.
Nicholas Murray ButlerOptimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.
Nicholas Murray ButlerFundamentally, the force that rules the world is conduct, whether it be moral or immoral. If it is moral, at least there may be hope for the world. If immoral, there is not only no hope, but no prospect of anything but destruction of all that has been accomplished during the last 5,000 years.
Nicholas Murray ButlerThe limited liability corporation is the greatest single invention of modern times.
Nicholas Murray Butler