Max Weber — "The Protestant ethic was the foundation of modern rational capitalism."

"Power is the chance to impose your will within a social context, even when opposed and regardless of the integrity of that chance."

"specialists without spirit, sensualists without heart; this nullity imagines that it has attained a level of civilization never before achieved."

"In that case the word holds for these youths: 'Mind you, the devil is old; grow old to understand him.'"

"The fate of our times is characterized by rationalization and intellectualization and, above all, by the disenchantment of the world."

"A government is an institution that holds a monopoly on the legitimate use of violence."