The function of news is to signalize an event, the function of truth is to bring to light the hidden facts, to set them in relation with each other, and make a picture of reality on which men can act.

A rational man acting in the real world may be defined as one who decides where he will strike a balance between what he desires and what can be done.

Most men, after a little freedom, have preferred authority with the consoling assurances and the economy of effort it brings.

Football strategy does not originate in a scrimmage: it is useless to expect solutions in a political campaign.

The principle of majority rule is the mildest form in which the force of numbers can be exercised. It is a pacific substitute for civil war in which the opposing armies are counted and the victory is awarded to the larger before any blood is shed. Except in the sacred tests of democracy and in the incantations of the orators, we hardly take the trouble to pretend that the rule of the majority is not at bottom a rule of force.

The justification of majority rule in politics is not to be found in its ethical superiority.

The self-evident truth which makes men invincible is that inalienably they are inviolable persons.