But the God of the Bible is not only One, but the only possible One.

- Leo Strauss

God is therefore unknowable. This is the fundamental premise of the Bible.

- Leo Strauss

The contemporary rejection of natural right leads to nihilism - nay, it is identical with nihilism.

- Leo Strauss

Liberal relativism has its roots in the natural right tradition of tolerance or in the notion that everyone has a natural right to the pursuit of hap…

- Leo Strauss

The silence of a wise man is always meaningful.

- Leo Strauss

Absolute tolerance is altogether impossible; the allegedly absolute tolerance turns into ferocious hatred of those who have stated clearly and most f…

- Leo Strauss

One cannot refute what one has not thoroughly understood.

- Leo Strauss

The Jewish people and their fate are the living witness for the absence of redemption. This, one could say, is the meaning of the chosen people; the …

- Leo Strauss

All political action aims at either preservation or change. When desiring to preserve, we wish to prevent a change for the worse; when desiring to ch…

- Leo Strauss