Conformities Are Called For Much More Eagerly

If, As I Believe, The Ends Of Men Are Many, And Not All Of Them Are In Principle Compatible With Each Other, Then The Possibility Of Conflict - And Of Tragedy - Can Never Wholly Be Eliminated From Human Life, Either Personal Or Social. The Necessity Of Choosing Between Absolute Claims Is Then An Inescapable Characteristic Of The Human Condition. This Gives Its Value To Freedom As Acton Conceived Of It - As An End In Itself, And Not As A Temporary Need, Arising Out Of Our Confused Notions And Irrational And Disordered Lives, A Predicament Which A Panacea Could One Day Put Right.

The Desire Not To Be Impinged Upon, To Be Left To Oneself, Has Been The Markof High Civilisation Both On The Part Of Individuals And Communities.

One Must Look At What Impiety Hates, What Puts It In A Rage, What It Attacks Always, Everywhere, And With Fury - That Will Be The Truth.

Both Liberty And Equality Are Among The Primary Goals Pursued By Human Beings Throughout Many Centuries; But Total Liberty For Wolves Is Death To The Lambs, Total Liberty Of The Powerful, The Gifted, Is Not Compatible With The Rights To A Decent Existence Of The Weak And The Less Gifted.

Utopias Have Their Value -- Nothing So Wonderfully Expands The Imaginative Horizons Of Human Potentialities -- But As Guides To Conduct They Can Prove Literally Fatal.