I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us read more

I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death.

A nation as a society forms a moral person, and every member of it is personally responsible for his society

A nation as a society forms a moral person, and every member of it is personally responsible for his society

By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.

By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.

Today, no walls can separate humanitarian or human rights crises in one part of the world from national security crises read more

Today, no walls can separate humanitarian or human rights crises in one part of the world from national security crises in another. What begins with the failure to uphold the dignity of one life all too often ends with a calamity for entire nations.

No nation has friends only interests

No nation has friends only interests

If nations could only depend upon fair and impartial judgments in a world court of law, they would abandon the read more

If nations could only depend upon fair and impartial judgments in a world court of law, they would abandon the senseless, savage practice of war.

We estimate the wisdom of nations by seeing what they did with their surplus capital.

We estimate the wisdom of nations by seeing what they did with their surplus capital.

A nation which makes the final sacrifice for life and freedom does not get beaten

A nation which makes the final sacrifice for life and freedom does not get beaten

A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is read more

A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today - and in fact we have forgotten.