All social cooperation on a larger scale than the most intimate social group requires a measure of coercion.

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

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

I don't know whether any religious leader would say that we must ultimately win, because we're on God's side. If they do say that, it's bad religion.

The cross symbolizes a cosmic as well as historic truth. Love conquers the world, but its victory is not an easy one.

Democracy is finding proximate solutions to insoluble problems.

The tendency to claim God as an ally for our partisan value and ends is the source of all religious fanaticism.