What people often mean by getting rid of conflict is getting rid of diversity, and it is of the utmost importance that these should not be considered the same.

Majority rule rests on numbers; democracy rests on the well-grounded assumption that society is neither a collection of units nor an organism but a network of human relations.

The conflict of chemistry we do not think reprehensible. If we could look at social conflict as neither good nor bad, but simply a fact, we should make great strides in our thinking.

We must face life as it is and understand that diversity is its most essential feature.

The insight to see possible new paths, the courage to try them, the judgment to measure results - these are the qualities of a leader.

Power-over is resorted to time without number because people will not wait for the slower process of education.

The paradox of American democracy has been that its slogan of equal opportunity has meant, often, equal opportunity to get power over your fellows.