I know that the Communists are atheistic and godless, but I don't think that that's what's primarily the matter with them. What's primarily the matter with them is that they worship a false god. That's much more dangerous than when people don't believe anything; they may be confused, they may not have a sense of the meaning of life, but they're not dangerous.

The recalcitrant forces in the historical drama have a power and persistence beyond our reckoning.

The scientific observer of the realm of nature is in a sense naturally and inevitably disinterested. At least, nothing in the natural scene can arouse his bias. Furthermore, he stands completely outside of the natural so that his mind, whatever his limitations, approximates pure mind. The observer of the realm of history cannot be disinterested in the same way, for two reasons: first, he must look at history from some locus in history; secondly, he is to a certain degree engaged in its ideological conflicts.

Goodness, armed with power, is corrupted; and pure love without power is destroyed.

I think there is and ultimate answer in a true religious faith, but it doesn't give you any immediate answers, it doesn't.

The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world.

All you earnest young men out to save the world. . . please, have a laugh.