6 quotes
Power confuses itself with virtue and tends also to take itself for omnipotence.
The Arrogance of Power (1966)
In a democracy dissent is an act of faith. Like medicine, the test of its value is not its taste, but its effect, ...
The Arrogance of Power (1966)
The true mark of greatness is not stridency but magnanimity.
The Arrogance of Power (1966)
A pre-emptive war in 'defense' of freedom would surely destroy freedom, because one simply cannot engage in barbarous action without becoming a barbarian, because one cannot defend human values by calculated and unprovoked violence without doing mortal damage to the values one is trying to defend.
The Arrogance of Power (1966)
There are two Americas. One is the America of Lincoln and Adlai Stevenson; the other is the America of Teddy Roosevelt and the modern superpatriots. One is generous and humane, the other narrowly egotistical; one is self-critical, the other self-righteous; one is sensible, the other romantic; one is good-humored, the other solemn; one is inquiring, the other pontificating; one is moderate, the other filled with passionate intensity; one is judicious and the other arrogant in the use of great power.
The Arrogance of Power (1966)
There are two Americas...One is generous and humane, the other narrowly egotistical; one is self-critical, the other self-righteous; one is sensible, the other romantic; one is good-humored, the other solemn; one is inquiring, the other pontificating; one is moderate, the other filled with passionate intensity; one is judicious and the other arrogant in the use of great power.
The Arrogance of Power (1966)