Before the discovery of agriculture mankind was everywhere so divided, the size of each group being determined by the natural fertility of its locality.

There are the further difficulties of building a population out of a diversity of races, each at a different stage of cultural evolution, some in need of restraint, many in need of protection; everywhere a bewildering Babel of tongues.

A drunkard is one thing, and a temperate man is quite another.

In every man there is an instinctive and passionate reaction if his person or liberty is attacked.

Peace is not a luxury. Peace is a necessity.

I think what the Nobel committee is doing is going beyond war and looking at what humanity can do to prevent war. Sustainable management of our natural resources will promote peace.

Every great filmmaker at some moment makes a war film.

We all lose somebody we care about and want to find some comforting way of dealing with it, something that will give us a little closure, a little peace.