The society in which each man lives is at once the basis for, and the nemesis of, that fulness of life which each man seeks.

We have previously suggested that philanthropy combines genuine pity with the display of power and that the latter element explains why the powerful are more inclined to be generous than to grant social justice.

God, give me grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed.

Even as rigorous a determinist as Karl Marx, who at times described the social behaviour of the bourgeoisie in terms which suggested a problem in social physics, could subject it at other times to a withering scorn which only the presupposition of moral responsibility could justify.

There are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization, however imperfect, against tyranny and aggression may result in consequences even worse than war.

We ought to really at least recognize the common predicament of Communists and democrats - or Americans, whatever.

Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.