If the Communists win Europe and a large part of the world, it will not be because they know how to stir up discontent or how to infect people with hatred, but because they know how to preach hope.

Unlimited opportunities can be as potent a cause of frustration as a paucity or lack of opportunities.

There is always a chance that he who sets himself up as his brother's keeper will end up by being his jail-keeper.

Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power.

A nation without dregs and malcontents is orderly, peaceful and pleasant, but perhaps without the seed of things to come.

A just society must strive with all its might to right wrongs even if righting wrongs is a highly perilous undertaking. But if it is to survive, a just society must be strong and resolute enough to deal swiftly and relentlessly with those who would mistake its good will for weakness.

It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one's neighbor.