To yearn for a single, and usually simple, explanation of the chaotic materials of the past, to search for a single thread in that most tangled of all skeins, is a sign of immaturity.

History, we can confidently assert, is useful in the sense that art and music, poetry and flowers, religion and philosophy are useful. Without it - as with these - life would be poorer and meaner; without it we should be denied some of those intellectual and moral experiences which give meaning and richness to life. Surely it is no accident that the study of history has been the solace of many of the noblest minds of every generation.

The greatest danger we face is not any particular kind of thought. The greatest danger we face is absence of thought.

It is probably safe to say that over a long period of time, political morality has been as high as business morality.

And we wonder what can be that 'philosophy of education' which believes that young people can be trained to the duties of citizenship by wrapping their minds in cotton wool.

The Americans who framed our Constitution felt that without freedom of religion no other freedom counted.

Its awfully hard to be the son of a great man and also of a half-crazy woman.