Injustice, Poverty, Slavery, Ignorance - These May

But To Manipulate Men, To Propel Them Toward Goals Which You-the Social Reformers-see, But They May Not, Is To Deny Their Human Essence, To Treat Them As Objects Without Wills Of Their Own, And Therefore To Degrade Them.

All Central Beliefs On Human Matters Spring From A Personal Predicament.

One Belief, More Than Any Other, Is Responsible For The Slaughter Of Individuals On The Alter Of The Great Historical Ideas - Justice Or Progress Or Happiness Of Future Generations... Or Emancipation Of A Nation Or Race Or Class... This Is The Belief That Somewhere... There Is A Final Solution.

Philosophers Are Adults Who Persist In Asking Childish Questions.

When A Man Speaks Of The Need For Realism One May Be Sure That This Is Always The Prelude To Some Bloody Deed.