A democracy, the realistic observer is forced to conclude, is likely to be idealistic in its feelings about itself, but imperialistic about its practice.

Democracy is now going forth on a crusade against imperialism.

If a man went simply by what he saw, he might be tempted to affirm that the essence of democracy is melodrama.

The papacy again, representing the traditional unity of European civilization, has also shown itself unable to limit effectively the push of nationalism.

To say that most of us today are purely expansive is only another way of saying that most of us continue to be more concerned with the quantity than with the quality of our democracy.

A genius is a grown-up that did not grow up.