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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.

I Know That The Communists Are Atheistic And Godless, But I Don't Think That That's What's Primarily The Matter With Them. What's Primarily The Matter With Them Is That They Worship A False God. That's Much More Dangerous Than When People Don't Believe Anything; They May Be Confused, They May Not Have A Sense Of The Meaning Of Life, But They're Not Dangerous.

The Whole Art Of Politics Consists In Directing Rationally The Irrationalities Of Men.

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

Rationalism Belongs To The Cool Observer. But Because Of The Stupidity Of The Average Person, They Follow Not Reason, But Faith. This Naïve Faith, Requires Necessary Illusions And Emotionally Potent Oversimplifications, Which Are Provided By The Myth Maker To Keep The Ordinary Person On Course.