Without any censorship, in the West fashionable trends of thought and ideas are carefully separated from those which are not fashionable; nothing is forbidden, but what is not fashionable will hardly ever find its way into periodicals or books or be heard in colleges. Legally your researchers are free, but they are conditioned by the fashion of the day. There is no open violence such as in the East; however, a selection dictated by fashion and the need to match mass standards frequently prevent independent-minded people from giving their contribution to public life. There is a dangerous tendency to form a herd, shutting off successful development.

A decline in courage may be the most striking feature that an outside observer notices in the West today. The Western world has lost its civic courage, both as…

Should someone ask me whether I would indicate the West such as it is today as a model to my country, frankly I would have to answer negatively. No, I could no…

Hastiness and superficiality are the psychic diseases of the twentieth century, and more than anywhere else this disease is reflected in the press.

The most unpardonable sin in society is independence of thought.

He who has an opinion of his own, but depends upon the opinion and taste of others, is a slave.

You have your thoughts and I have mine. This is the fact and you can't change it even if you kill me.