Society and the World

America is incomparably less endangered by its own Communists than by the hysterical hunt for the few Communists that are here.

America is incomparably less endangered by its own Communists than by the hysterical hunt for the few Communists that are here.

The Nuremberg Trial of the German war criminals was tacitly based on the recognition of the principle: Criminal actions cannot be excused if committed on government orders; conscience supersedes the authority of the law of the state.

The Nuremberg Trial of the German war criminals was tacitly based on the recognition of the principle: Criminal actions cannot be excused if committed on government orders; conscience supersedes the authority of the law of the state.

If I were to be president, sometimes I would have to say to the Israeli people things they would not like to hear.

If I were to be president, sometimes I would have to say to the Israeli people things they would not like to hear.

The German calamity of years ago repeats itself: people acquiesce without resistance and align themselves with the forces of evil.

The German calamity of years ago repeats itself: people acquiesce without resistance and align themselves with the forces of evil.

Thus I came… to a deep religiosity, which, however, found an abrupt ending at the age of 12. Through the reading of popular scientific books I soon reached the conviction that much in the stories of the Bible could not be true… Suspicion against every kind of authority grew out of this experience—an attitude which has never again left me.

He who is untrue to his own cause cannot command the respect of others.

Any government is in itself an evil insofar as it carries within it the tendency to deteriorate into tyranny.

There is no other salvation for civilization and even for the human race than in the creation of a world government, with the security of nations founded upon law. As long as there are sovereign states with their separate armaments and armament secrets, new world wars cannot be avoided.

There is no other salvation for civilization and even for the human race than in the creation of a world government, with the security of nations founded upon law. As long as there are sovereign states with their separate armaments and armament secrets, new world wars cannot be avoided.

The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful, and then only for a short while.

A forced faithfulness is a bitter fruit for all concerned.

In the case of political, and even of religious, leaders, it is often very doubtful whether they have done more good or harm.

In the case of political, and even of religious, leaders, it is often very doubtful whether they have done more good or harm.

The only justifiable purpose of political institutions is to assure the unhindered development of the individual… That is why I consider myself to be particularly fortunate to be an American.

The only justifiable purpose of political institutions is to assure the unhindered development of the individual… That is why I consider myself to be particularly fortunate to be an American.

The conscientious objector is a revolutionary. In deciding to disobey the law he sacrifices his personal interests to the most important cause of working for the betterment of society.

Freedom, in any case, is only possible by constantly struggling for it. A citizenry that is politically indifferent will always end up enslaved no matter what form its constitution and legal institutions take.

Freedom, in any case, is only possible by constantly struggling for it. A citizenry that is politically indifferent will always end up enslaved no matter what form its constitution and legal institutions take.

As long as I have any choice, I will stay only in a country where political liberty, toleration, and equality of all citizens before the law are the rule.

As long as I have any choice, I will stay only in a country where political liberty, toleration, and equality of all citizens before the law are the rule.