To Understand Is To Perceive Patterns.

Liberty And Equality, Spontaneity And Security, Happiness And Knowledge, Mercy And Justice - All These Are Ultimate Human Values, Sought For Themselves Alone; Yet When They Are Incompatible, They Cannot All Be Attained, Choices Must Be Made, Sometimes Tragic Losses Accepted In The Pursuit Of Some Preferred Ultimate End.

The Trouble With Academics And Commentators Is That They Care More About Whether Ideas Are Interesting Than Whether They Are True.

The Case Against The Notion Of Historical Objectivity Is Like The Case Against International Law, Or International Morality; That It Does Not Exist.

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.

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