“What makes the Arabs suitable candidates for democracy is their heritage as human beings, not their specific cultural or historical antecedents.”

“What makes the Arabs suitable candidates for democracy is their heritage as human beings, not their specific cultural or historical antecedents.”

“Our task over the next few generations is to transform the world of independent states in which we live into some sort of genuine international community. If we succeed in creating that community, however quarrelsome, discontented, and full of injustice it probably will be, then we shall effectively have abolished the ancient institution of warfare. Good riddance.”