Civilization depends upon the vigorous pursuit of the highest values by people who are intelligent enough to know that their values are qualified by their interests and corrupted by their prejudices.

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.

We have had to learn that history is neither a God nor a redeemer.

What is funny about us is precisely that we take ourselves too seriously.

Democracy is finding proximate solutions to insoluble problems.

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

Certainly, anybody who says, "in the eyes of God," is pretentious.