"The fancied clearness of Utopian vision is illusory, because its objects are artificial ideas and not living facts."

“Government must keep the ring, and leave it for individuals to play the game.”

“Some men are much better and wiser than others, but experience seems to show that hardly any man is so much better than or wiser than others that he can permanently stand the test of irresponsible power over them.”

“To be effective men must act together, and to act together they must have a common understanding and a common object.”

“Does scope for individual development, for example, consort with idea of equality?”

“To move towards harmony is the persistent impulse of the rational being, even if the goal lies always beyond the reach of accomplished effort.”

“There is no line drawn beyond which human obligations cease. There is no gulf across which the voice of human suffering cannot be heard, beyond which massacre and torture cease to be execrable. Simply as a patriot, again, a man should recognize that a nation may become great not merely by painting the map red, or extending her commerce beyond all precedent, but also as the champion of justice, the succourer of the oppressed, the established home of freedom.”