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It Is An Undeniable Privilege Of Every Man To Prove Himself Right In The Thesis That The World Is His Enemy; For If He Reiterates It Frequently Enough And Makes It The Background Of His Conduct He Is Bound Eventually To Be Right.

The Truth Is Sometimes A Poor Competitor In The Market Place Of Ideas – Complicated, Unsatisfying, Full Of Dilemmas, Always Vulnerable To Misinterpretation And Abuse.

Above All, It Behooves Us To Repress, And If Possible To Extinguish Once And For All, Our Inveterate Tendency To Judge Others By The Extent To Which They Contrive To Be Like Ourselves.

Forms Of Government Are Forged Mainly In The Fire Of Practice, Not In The Vacuum Of Theory. They Respond To National Character And To National Realities.

Public Opinion, Or What Passes For Public Opinion, Is Not Invariably A Moderating Force In The Jungle Of Politics.