The Sad Duty Of Politics Is To

Civilization Depends Upon The Vigorous Pursuit Of The Highest Values By People Who Are Intelligent Enough To Know That Their Values Are Qualified By Their Interests And Corrupted By Their Prejudices.

To The End Of History, Social Orders Will Probably Destroy Themselves In An Effort To Prove They Are Indestructible.

Nothing That Is Worth Doing Can Be Achieved In Our Lifetime; Therefore We Must Be Saved By Hope. Nothing Which Is True Or Beautiful Or Good Makes Complete Sense In Any Immediate Context Of History; Therefore We Must Be Saved By Faith. Nothing We Do, However Virtuous, Can Be Accomplished Alone; Therefore We Must Be Saved By Love. No Virtuous Act Is Quite As Virtuous From The Standpoint Of Our Friend Or Foe As It Is From Our Standpoint. Therefore We Must Be Saved By The Final Form Of Love Which Is Forgiveness.

It's Always Wise To Seek The Truth In Our Opponents' Error, And The Error In Our Own Truth.

The Essence Of Man Is His Freedom. Sin Is Committed In That Freedom. Sin Can Therefore Not Be Attributed To A Defect In His Essence. It Can Only Be Understood As A Self-contradiction, Made Possible By The Fact Of His Freedom But Not Following Necessarily From It.