The chief menace to world peace today is the religion of Power, a religion comprised of many jarring sects, each with its own pet dogma: "The Dignity of Authority," "The Fitness of the White Races (or Big Business, or The Intellectuals, or The Workers) to Rule." "The Glory of the 'Balonian State'; worst of all, the anachronistic theory of Sovereignty—a most immoral doctrine which has found far too many able minds ready to prostitute themselves in its service. (This state of affairs was ably criticised by Dr. K. R. Popper in "The Open Society and its Enemies," a book which is obtainable from the Wellington Public Libraries).

These problems are world-wide, and must be attacked the world over. Everywhere men and women of good will have an individual duty to all other individuals to study these problems, and work and pay for their solution. Most of us have been guilty of criminal negligence. [unclear: But] we need not continue to be so guilty. There is a way for every individual to help the human struggle to build a lasting peace, and to make the Universal Declaration of Human Rights a living reality.