Politicians tend to live "in character" and many a public figure has come to imitate the journalism that describes him.

At the core of every moral code there is a picture of human nature, a map of the universe, and a version of history. To human nature (of the sort conceived), in a universe (of the kind imagined), after a history (so understood), the rules of the code apply.

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

The prophecy of a world moving toward political unity is the light which guides all that is best, most vigorous, most truly alive in the work of our time.

We must abandon the notion that the people govern. Instead, we must adopt the theory that, by their occasional mobilisations as a majority, people support or oppose the individuals who actually govern.

Robinson Crusoe, the self-sufficient man, could not have lived in New York city.

To create a minimum standard of life below which no human being can fall is the most elementary duty of the democratic state.