The so-called lessons of history are for the most part the rationalizations of the victors. History is written by the survivors.

In societies like the American and West European where the dynamics of energy come from freedom and where the climate and the whole ethos are those of freedom, censorship is bound to be at worst, stupid; at best, futile; and always, to some degree, inconsonant with the character of the society as a whole.

What is dangerous about tranquillizers is that whatever peace of mind they bring is a packaged peace of mind. Where you buy a pill and buy peace of mind with it, you get conditioned to cheap solutions instead of deep ones.

The way to prevent war is to bend every energy toward preventing it, not to proceed by the dubious indirection of preparing for it.

There is a hate layer of opinion and emotion in America. There will be other McCarthys to come who will be hailed as its heroes.

American capitalism has been both overpraised and overindicted. It is neither the Plumed Knight nor the monstrous Robber Baron.

In the end, as any successful teacher will tell you, you can only teach the things that you are. If we practice racism then it is racism we teach.