In April 1917 the illusion of isolation was destroyed, America came to the end of innocence, and of the exuberant freedom of bachelor independence. That the responsibilities of world power have not made us happier is no surprise. To help ourselves manage them, we have replaced the illusion of isolation with a new illusion of omnipotence.

Strong prejudices in an ill-formed mind are hazardous to government, and when combined with a position of power even more so.

The conduct of war was so much more interesting than its prevention.

When the gap between ideal and real becomes too wide, the system breaks down.

More than a code of manners in war and love, Chivalry was a moral system, governing the whole of noble life.

No nation in the world has so many drastic problems squeezed into so small a space, under such urgent pressure of time and heavy burden of history, as Israel.

Completeness is rare in history.