We Shall Succeed Only So Far As

There Is No Surer Way To Misread Any Document Than To Read It Literally.

Words Are Not Pebbles In Alien Juxtaposition.

In The End It Is Worse To Suppress Dissent Than To Run The Risk Of Heresy.

It Is Still In The Lap Of The Gods Whether A Society Can Succeed Which Is Based On "civil Liberties And Human Rights" Conceived As I Have Tried To Describe Them; But Of One Thing At Least We May Be Sure: The Alternatives That Have So Far Appeared Have Been Immeasurably Worse.

We Accept The Verdict Of The Past Until The Need For Change Cries Out Loudly Enough To Force Upon Us A Choice Between The Comforts Of Inertia And The Irksomeness Of Action.