The teacher of love teaches struggle. The teacher of lifeless isolation from the world teaches peace. - Karl Jaspers

Greatness of mind becomes an object of love only when the power at work in it itself has a noble character

The would-be climber must be able to make himself liked ... please his superiors — avoid showing independence except in those matters wherein independence is expected of him by his chiefs... the winners in the race have qualities which disincline them to allow others to be their true selves. Hence the winners snub all those who aim at adequate self-expression, speaking of them as pretentious, eccentric, biased, unpractical, and measuring their achievements by insincere standards.

Ale dnes svatozář kolem hlav států zmizela. Jsou to lidé a jsou odpovědni za své činy. Od té doby, co evropské národy začaly stavět své monarchy před soud a stínat jim hlavy, je úkolem národů kontrolovat své vůdce. Státní akty jsou zároveň osobní akty. Odpovídají za ně lidé jako jednotlivci.