The Turning Point In The Process Of

Power Politics Existed Before Machiavelli Was Ever Heard Of; It Will Exist Long After His Name Is Only A Faint Memory. What He Did, Like Harvey, Was To Recognize Its Existence And Subject It To Scientific Study.

There Is A Hate Layer Of Opinion And Emotion In America. There Will Be Other Mccarthys To Come Who Will Be Hailed As Its Heroes.

The Crime Of Book Purging Is That It Involves A Rejection Of The Word. For The Word Is Never Absolute Truth, But Only Man's Frail And Human Effort To Approach The Truth. To Reject The Word Is To Reject The Human Search.

Principles-and I Have In Mind Such Principles As States' Rights Or National Sovereignty Or The Free Market Or Pacifism-have A Way Of Drying Up While The Sap Of Life Goes Flowing In Another Direction.

The Politics Of Surprise Leads Through The Gates Of Astonishment Into The Kingdom Of Hope.