History teaches us that the past is full of luck and chance and circumstance, without any one of which, life could have been radically different.

- Arthur Goldberg

Modern diplomats approach every problem with an open mouth.

- Arthur Goldberg

Equal Justice Under The Law. That is a great goal. But that goal has not been realized.

- Arthur Goldberg

America is not fighting to win a war. We are fighting to give an application to an old Greek proverb, which is that the purpose of war is not to anni…

- Arthur Goldberg

You cannot rectify every real or alleged wrong immediately. Time must enter into the picture.

- Arthur Goldberg

No system of criminal justice can, or should, survive if it comes to depend for its continued effectiveness on the citizens' abdication through unawa…

- Arthur Goldberg

It is never easy to define what is moral, particularly in foreign policy. But at the risk of being simplistic, it appears to me that a foreign policy…

- Arthur Goldberg

Law not served by power is an illusion; but power not ruled by law is a menace which our nuclear age cannot afford.

- Arthur Goldberg

The greatest right of a civilized person is to be left alone, unless he does harm to others or is threatening to do harm to himself.

- Arthur Goldberg