Brévié wrote, "colonization is becoming a question of method, of calculation, or predictions and, we should say, of science, It remains without a doubt and first of all a political and psychological art, but one that must be guided and clarified by exact scientific data.".
布雷维耶写道：“殖民正在变成一个方法、计算以及预测问题，还应该说，是个科学问题，它无疑首先仍然是一门政治和心理的艺术，但是它必须被精确的科学数据所指导和阐明”。