The Use Of History As Therapy Means

Few Secret Undertakings Ever Did Any Nation Any Good.

The Great Religious Ages Were Notable For Their Indifference To Human Rights... Not Only For Acquiescence In Poverty, Inequality, Exploitation And Oppression, But Also For Enthusiastic Justifications For Slavery, Persecution, Abandonment Of Small Children, Torture, And Genocide... Moreover, Religion Enshrined Hierarchy, Authority, And Inequality... It Was The Age Of Equality That Brought About The Disappearance Of Such Religious Appurtenances As The Auto-da-fe And Burning At The Stake.

There Is No More Dangerous Thing For A Democracy Than A Foreign Policy Based On Presidential Preventive War.

What Higher Obligation Does A President Have Than To Explain His Intentions To The People And Persuade Them That The Direction He Wishes To Go Is Right?

Excellence Is The Eternal Quest. We Achieve It By Living Up To Our Highest Intellectual Standards And Our Finest Moral Intuitions. In Seeking Excellence, Take Life Seriously-but Never Yourself!