The Society In Which Each Man Lives

The Final Test Of Religious Faith... Is Whether It Will Enable Men To Endure Insecurity Without Complacency Or Despair, Whether It Can So Interpret The Ancient Verities That They Will Not Become Mere Escape Hatches From Responsibilities But Instruments Of Insights Into What Civilization Means.

All Men Are Naturally Included To Obscure The Morally Ambiguous Element In Their Political Cause By Investing It With Religious Sanctity.

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.

Love Is The Motive, But Justice Is The Instrument.

All Human Sin Seems So Much Worse In Its Consequences Than In Its Intentions.