The gravity of the time is such that every new avenue of peace, no matter how dimly discernible, should be explored.

How can we appraise a proposal if the terms hurled at our ears can mean anything or nothing, and change their significance with the inflection of the voice? Welfare state, national socialism, radical, liberal, conservative, reactionary and a regiment of others ... these terms in today's usage, are generally compounds of confusion and prejudice. If our attitudes are muddled, our language is often to blame. A good tonic for clearer thinking is a dose of precise, legal definition.

When people speak to you about a preventive war, you tell them to go and fight it. After my experience, I have come to hate war.

Don't join the book burners. Do not think you are going to conceal thoughts by concealing evidence that they ever existed.

The older I get the more wisdom I find in the ancient rule of taking first things first. A process which often reduces the most complex human problem to a manageable proportion.

The opportunist thinks of me and today. The statesman thinks of us and tomorrow.

Through unity of action we can be a veritable colossus in support of peace. No one can defeat us unless we first defeat ourselves. Every one of us must be guided by this truth.