No people anywhere in the world would accept being expelled en masse from their own country; how can anyone require the people of Palestine to accept a punishment which nobody else would tolerate?

This, however, is a passing nightmare; in time the earth will become again incapable of supporting life, and peace will return.

The governors of the world believe, and have always believed, that virtue can only be taught by teaching falsehood, and that any man who knew the truth would be wicked. I disbelieve this, absolutely and entirely. I believe that love of truth is the basis of all real virtue, and that virtues based upon lies can only do harm.

None of our beliefs are quite true; all have at least a penumbra of vagueness and error.

I am allowed to use plain English because everybody knows that I could use mathematical logic if I chose.

It is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true

The more intense has been the religion of any period and the more profound has been the dogmatic belief, the greater has been the cruelty and the worse has been the state of affairs.