Both liberty and equality are among the primary goals pursued by human beings throughout many centuries; but total liberty for wolves is death to the lambs, total liberty of the powerful, the gifted, is not compatible with the rights to a decent existence of the weak and the less gifted.
Isaiah BerlinWhen one is engaged in a desperate defense of one's world and its values, nothing can be given away, any breach in the walls might be fatal, every point must be defended to the death.
Isaiah BerlinWhen a man speaks of the need for realism one may be sure that this is always the prelude to some bloody deed.
Isaiah BerlinFew new truths have ever won their way against the resistance of established ideas save by being overstated.
Isaiah BerlinThere is no a prior reason for supposing that the truth, when it is discovered, will necessarily prove interesting.
Isaiah Berlin