Quotes by Arthur Goldberg

• The concept of neutrality can lead to a brooding and pervasive devotion to the secular and a passive, or even active, hostility to the religious. Such results are not only not compelled by the Constitution, but, it seems to me, are prohibited by it.
• The basic guarantees of our Constitution are warrants for the here and now, and unless there is an overwhelmingly compelling reason, they are to be promptly fulfilled.
• Law not served by power is an illusion; but power not ruled by law is a menace which our nuclear age cannot afford.
• If Columbus had an advisory committee he would probably still be at the dock.
• Modern diplomats approach every problem with an open mouth.
• The trick is to be there when it's settled.