All the research shows that being married, with all its ups and downs, is by far the most effective way of making young men law-abiding and giving them a sense of purpose and self-worth.

It's true that I'm taking a break from writing a regular column to do other things but it's got nothing to do with what dear Simon has or has not written.

No constitution is or can be perfectly symmetrical, what it can and must be is generally accepted as both fair and usable.

A majority in all parties do, I think, want to see local government recover its old vigour and independence.

In real terms, there is a greater disparity of earnings between the very rich and the very poor.

We want a system that will improve consistency and steadiness in the quality of government.

What the world needs now is more Americans. The U.S. is the first nation on earth deliberately dedicated to letting people choose what they want and giving them a chance to get it.

We criticize, copy, patronize, idolize and insult but we never doubt that the U.S. has a unique position in the history of human hopes.

We are also further than ever from equality of opportunity.

One of the unsung freedoms that go with a free press is the freedom not to read it.

Sexual relations, of course, have existed, exist, and will exist. However, this is in no way connected with the indispensability of the existence of the family.

It is more important to go slow and gain the lessons you need along the journey then to rush the process and arrive at your destination empty.

One the advantages about this life is that you can hate someone without knowing him

Judge not that ye be not judged.

Everything is beautiful, all that matters is to be able to interpret.

I'm a very loyal and unreliable friend.

I don't think people today need to derive security from possessions.

the mind naturally accommodates itself, even to the most ridiculous improprieties, if they occur frequently.

...the moment of passage from disturbance into harmony is that of intensest life.

If I sought to answer all of the criticisms that cross my desk, my secretaries would be engaged in little else in the course of the day, and I would have no time for constructive work.

No one can will the will to will what it will not will!