Clearly when the liberties are left unrestricted they collide with one another.

A just society is a society that if you knew everything about it, you'd be willing to enter it in a random place.

The fairest rules are those to which everyone would agree if they did not know how much power they would have.

The bad man desires arbitrary power. What moves the evil man is the love of injustice.

An injustice is tolerable only when it is necessary to avoid an even greater injustice.

Justice is happiness according to virtue.

A society regulated by a public sense of justice is inherently stable.

The principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance.

The sense of justice is continuous with the love of mankind.

The intolerant can be viewed as free-riders, as persons who seek the advantages of just institutions while not doing their share to uphold them.

Many of our most serious conflicts are conflicts within ourselves. Those who suppose their judgements are always consistent are unreflective or dogmatic.

[The cats] scamper in front of my legs, causing me to fall and face plant into whatever furniture is closest. They especially like to play this game when I’m carrying piping hot coffee.

To bite off your shadow is neither easy nor painless. It demands a single-mindedness that is almost unknown in this day.

I don't think secrets are a bad thing. I think there's this idea that everything needs to be transparent in order for it to be free.

I've got to put forward a very strong conservative voice, advocate for conservative values and advocate for principle in politics to restore faith in politics.

People with nothing to hide don't usually feel the need to say so.

Doubtful prayer is no prayer at all.

It doesn't matter what is true; it only matters what people believe is true... You are what the media define you to be. [Greenpeace] became a myth and a myth-generating machine.

Taking pictures is like panning for gold. You do it again and again, and sometimes you find a nugget.

I teach a non-fiction writing class at New York University, and one of my great pleasures is deciding on the syllabus.

Love's gentle spring doth always fresh remain.