The First World War had begun — imposed on the statesmen of Europe by railway timetables. It was an unexpected climax to the railway age. - A. J. P. Taylor

I am against inequality of the sexes, as much as I am against class privilege or colour prejudice.

Our basic conviction is that the world owes us a living... We need new and ruthless leadership. We need an economic order where the creative leaders receive greater rewards and the administrators receive less.

From Luther to Hitler the Germans have always wanted an iron framework of discipline to keep them in reasonable order; when they lose this, they go mad, as Nietzsche did, and it was only to be expected that the Germans would follow his example rather than his teaching.