Man has been called a rational being, but rationality is a matter of choice... Man has to be a man-by choice; he has to hold his life as a value-by choice; he has to learn to sustain it-by choice; he has to discover the values it requires and practice his virtues by choice. A code of values accepted by choice is a code of morality.

It is fairly easy to grasp abstract moral principles; it can be very difficult to apply them to a given situation, particularly when it involves the moral character of another person.

There are four characteristics which brand a country unmistakably as a dictatorship: one-party rule, executions without trial or with a mock trial for political offenses, the nationalization or expropriation of private property, and censorship. A country guilty of these outrages forfeits any moral prerogatives, any claim to national rights or sovereignty, and becomes an outlaw.

A good quotation must be a complete entity. It must be like a headline - sharp, clear, whole.

Litigants obey the verdict of a tribunal solely on the premise that there is an objective rule of conduct, which they both accept.

It's so graceless, being a martyr. It's honoring your adversaries too much.

To discuss evil in a manner implying neutrality, is to sanction it.