When all think alike, then no one is thinking

The common interests very largely elude public opinion entirely, and can be managed only by a specialised class.

When men can no longer be theists, they must, if they are civilized, become humanists.

He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.

A really good diplomat does not go in for victories, even when he wins them.

A free press is not a privilege but an organic necessity in a great society. ... A great society is simply a big and complicated urban society.

The central drama of our age is how the Western nations and the Asian peoples are to find a tolerable basis of co-existence.