As a result of my study, I came to the conclusion that a common supreme authority was undesirable.
“Above all, it is not decency or goodness of gentleness that impresses the Middle East, but strength.”
“Fortunes are made, and disappear, over the lifetime of a single generation. Today, a person in essence takes his wealth from society just for the duration of his or her lifetime. The next generation has to create it anew.”