Nothing Worth Doing Can Be Accomplished In

We Take, And Must Continue To Take, Morally Hazardous Actions To Preserve Our Civilization. We Must Exercise Our Power. But We Ought Neither To Believe That A Nation Is Capable Of Perfect Disinterestedness In Its Exercise, Nor Become Complacent About A Particular Degree Of Interest And Passion Which Corrupt The Justice By Which The Exercise Of Power Is Legitimatized.

Family Life Is Too Intimate To Be Preserved By The Spirit Of Justice. It Can Only Be Sustained By A Spirit Of Love Which Goes Beyond Justice. Justice Requires That We Carefully Weigh Rights And Privileges And Assure That Each Member Of A Community Receives His Due Share. Love Does Not Weigh Rights And Privileges Too Carefully Because It Prompts Each To Bear The Burden Of The Other.

I Think I Have One Answer, That Is Partly Religious And Partly Secular; And That Is To Say, We Ought To At Least Recognize That We And The Russians Are In A Common Predicament. That Would Be Religious In The Sense, "judge Not Lest You Be Judged."

Man's Capacity For Justice Makes Democracy Possible, But Man's Inclination To Injustice Makes Democracy Necessary.

Great Talents Have Some Admirers, But Few Friends.