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

Where, but in the simplicity of the Gospel, can you hear about both the dignity of man and the misery of man?

The fanatic is dangerous.

To the end of history, social orders will probably destroy themselves in an effort to prove they are indestructible.

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.

I think I have one answer, that is partly religious and partly secular; and that is to say, we ought to at least recognize that we and the Russians are in a common predicament. That would be religious in the sense, "Judge not lest you be judged."

It's always wise to seek the truth in our opponents' error, and the error in our own truth.