Man is endowed by nature with organic relations to his fellow men; and natural impulse prompts him to consider the needs of others even when they compete with his own.

Human Beings are just good enough to make democracy possible...just bad enough to make it neccessary.

Reason is not the sole basis of moral virtue in man. His social impulses are more deeply rooted than his rational life.

Ultimately evil is done not so much by evil people, but by good people who do not know themselves and who do not probe deeply.

In the 17th and 18th centuries there was a kind of Protestantism that said, "If you could only get rid of the Bishop, then you'd be a true Christian".

There are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization, however imperfect, against tyranny and aggression may result in consequences even worse than war.

What is so funny about us is precisely that we take ourselves too seriously. Laughter is the same and healthy response to the innocent foibles of men; and even to some which are not innocent.