There must be equality of all men before God and in a democratic society. Now that's one of the great achievements.

Love is the motive, but justice is the instrument.

Freedom is necessary for two reasons. It's necessary for the individual, because the individual, no matter how good the society is, every individual has hopes, fears, ambitions, creative urges, that transcend the purposes of his society. Therefore we have a long history of freedom, where people try to extricate themselves from tyranny for the sake of art, for the sake of science, for the sake of religion, for the sake of the conscience of the individual - this freedom is necessary for the individual.

We misjudge anybody who's different from us and the Jews diverge from our type, ethnically and religiously. That's their chief offense, but there are particular causes.

Reason tends to check selfish impulses and to grant the satisfaction of legitimate impulses in others.

[There is] an increasing tendency among modern men to imagine themselves ethical because they have delegated their vices to larger and larger groups.

It is the evil in man that makes democracy necessary, and man's belief in justice that makes democracy possible.