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

Love is the motive, but justice is the instrument.

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

All men are naturally included to obscure the morally ambiguous element in their political cause by investing it with religious sanctity.

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.

Change what cannot be accepted and accept what cannot be changed.

Man is always worse than most people suspect, but also generally better than most people dream.