“Militarism has been by far the commonest cause of the breakdown of civilizations. The single art of war makes progress at the expense of all the arts of peace.”

“Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder.”

“The art of handling university students is to make oneself appear, and this almost ostentatiously, to be treating them as adults...”

“Schism in the soul, schism in the body social, will not be resolved by any scheme to return to the good old days (archaism), or by programs guaranteed to render an ideal projected future (futurism), or even by the most realistic, hardheaded work to weld together again the deteriorating elements [of civilization]. Only birth can conquer death―the birth, not of the old thing again, but of something new.”

“The only real struggle in the history of the world...is between the vested interest and social justice.”

“America is a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail, it knocks over a chair.”

“The human race’s prospects of survival were considerably better when we were defenseless against tigers than they are today when we have become defenseless against ourselves.”