I Came Into History From A Primary

The Argument That The Two Parties Should Represent Opposed Ideals And Policies, One, Perhaps, Of The Right And The Other Of The Left, Is A Foolish Idea Acceptable Only To Doctrinaire And Academic Thinkers. Instead, The Two Parties Should Be Almost Identical, So That The American People Can Throw The Rascals Out At Any Election Without Leading To Any Profound Or Extensive Shifts In Policy. Then It Should Be Possible To Replace It, Every Four Years If Necessary, By The Other Party, Which Will Be None Of These Things But Will Still Pursue, With New Vigor, Approximately The Same Basic Policies.

To Know Is Not Too Demanding: It Merely Requires Memory And Time. But To Understand Is Quite A Different Matter: It Requires Intellectual Ability And Training, A Self Conscious Awareness Of What One Is Doing, Experience In Techniques Of Analysis And Synthesis, And Above All, Perspective.

The Very Idea That There Is Some Kind Of Conflict Between Science And Religion Is Completely Mistaken. Science Is A Method For Investigating Experience... Religion Is The Fundamental, Necessary Internalization Of Our System Of More Permanent Values.

The Argument That The Two Parties Should Represent Opposed Ideals And Policies, One, Perhaps, Of The Right And The Other Of The Left, Is A Foolish Idea Acceptable Only To Doctrinaire And Academic Thinkers.

The Backwardness Of Our Religious And Social Developments Is Undoubtedly Holding Back The Development Of The Intellectual And Political Levels.