“We are the decisive factor in the affairs of the universe.”
“Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.”
“The most important decision we make is whether we believe we live in a friendly or hostile universe.”
“Control over the production and distribution of oil is the decisive factor in defining who rules whom in the Middle East.”
“Today we no longer regard the universe as the cause of our own undeserved troubles but perhaps, on the contrary, as the last refuge from the mismanagement of our earthly affairs.”
“In a world divided by differences of nationality, race, colour, religion and wealth [the rule of law] is one of the greatest unifying factors, perhaps the greatest, the nearest we are likely to approach to a universal secular religion.”