To say that most of us today are purely expansive is only another way of saying that most of us continue to be more concerned with the quantity than with the quality of our democracy.

If we are to have such a discipline we must have standards, and to get our standards under existing conditions we must have criticism.

The ultimate binding element in the medieval order was subordination to the divine will and its earthly representatives, notably the pope.

Since every man desires happiness, it is evidently no small matter whether he conceives of happiness in terms of work or of enjoyment.

The humanitarian would, of course, have us meddle in foreign affairs as part of his program of world service.

For behind all imperialism is ultimately the imperialistic individual, just as behind all peace is ultimately the peaceful individual.

Perhaps as good a classification as any of the main types is that of the three lusts distinguished by traditional Christianity - the lust of knowledge, the lust of sensation, and the lust of power.