>The nation state as a fundamental unit of man's organized life has ceased to be the principal creative force: International banks and multinational corporation

>The nation state as a fundamental unit of man's organized life has ceased to be the principal creative force: International banks and multinational corporations are acting and planning in terms that are far in advance of the political concepts of the nation-state. -Zbigniew Brzezinski, BETWEEN TWO AGES: America's Role in the Technetronic Era