One Of The Tests Of A Theory

When All Is Said, Its Atmosphere [england's] Still Contains Fewer Germs Of Aggression And Brutality Per Cubic Foot In A Crowded Bus, Pub Or Queue Than In Any Other Country In Which I Have Lived

When A Person Identifies Himself With A Group His Critical Faculties Are Diminished And His Passions Enhanced By A Kind Of Emotive Resonance. The Individual Is Not A Killer, The Group Is, And By Identifying With It, The Individual Becomes One. This Is The Infernal Dialect Reflected In Man's History.

The Inner Defenses Are Unconscious. They Consist Of A Kind Of Magic Aura Which The Mind Builds Around Cherished Belief. Arguments Which Penetrate Into The Magic Aura Are Not Dealt With Rationally But By A Specific Type Of Pseudo-reasoning. Absurdities And Contradictions Are Made Acceptable By Specious Rationalizations.

You Can't Help People Being Right For The Wrong Reasons...this Fear Of Finding Oneself In Bad Company Is Not An Expression Of Political Purity; It Is An Expression Of A Lack Of Self-confidence.

We Know That Virtue Does Not Matter To History, And That Crimes Remain Unpunished; But That Every Error Had Its Consequences And Venges Itself Unto The Seventh Generation.