War is, we have been forced to admit, even in the face of its huge place in our civilization, an asocial trait.
Ruth BenedictWar is an old, old plant on this earth, and a natural history of it would have to tell us under what soil conditions it grows, where it plays havoc, and how it is eliminated.
Ruth BenedictSuccess and failure in our own national economy will hang upon the degree to which we are able to work with races and nations whose social order and whose behavior and attitudes are strange to us.
Ruth Benedict