War is, we have been forced to admit, even in the face of its huge place in our civilization, an asocial trait.
Ruth BenedictRacism remains in the eyes of history ... merely another instance of the persecution of minorities for the advantage of those in power.
Ruth BenedictWhat really binds men together is their culture, the ideas and the standards they have in common.
Ruth BenedictIf we justify war, it is because all peoples always justify the traits of which they find themselves possessed, not because war will bear an objective examination of its merits
Ruth Benedict