 He puts forward a number of predictions, many of which resonate far beyond the time when it was written.A consistent theme throughout the essay is Huxley's preference towards a decentralised society.“The man who pays the piper always calls the tune”

“Today, thanks to applied science, a dictator with the gift of the gab is able to pour his emotionally charged evangel into the ears of tens of millions”

“reading newspapers and listening to the radio are psychological addictions”

“I see the better and I approve; but the worst is what I pursue”

“If offered the choice between liberty and security, most people would unhesitatingly vote for security”

“the dogma of inevitable progress became an unquestioned article of popular faith”

“the belief in all-round progress is based upon the wishful dream that one can get something for nothing”

“the most important lesson in history, it has been said, is that nobody ever learns history's lessons”

“denies the value of a human being as a human being… affirms exclusiveness, encourages vanity, pride and self-satisfaction, stimulates hatred”

“As Athens and Sparta died of idolatry and flag-waving and jingoism"

"advances in technology" .. “do not abolish the institution of war; they merely modify its manifestations”

“whenever some crisis makes us forget our surface rationality and idealism”

“.. to build enough launching ramps and robot planes..”

“when things go badly at home….