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A civilized man is one who will give a serious answer to a serious question. Civilization itself is a certain sane balance of values.

To act coolly, intelligently and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man - and also a nation.

The triumph of persuasion over force is the sign of a civilized society.

All of us have been trained by education and environment to seek personal gain and security and to fight for ourselves. Though we cover it over with pleasant phrases, we have been educated for various professions within a system which is based on exploitation and acquisitive fear.

The good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain until it is secured for all of us and incorporated into our common life.

We continue to recognize the greater ability of some to earn more than others. But we do assert that the ambition of the individual to obtain for him a proper security is an ambition to be preferred to the appetite for great wealth and great power.

As a result, the highly civilized man can endure incomparably more than the savage, whether of moral or physical strain. Being better able to control himself under all circumstances, he has a great advantage over the savage.

We are gifted with freedom, but with that freedom comes the reality of the unknown and the responsibility to be aware of our surroundings and on guard against those who would do us harm.

The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability.