Neither nature, experience, nor probability informs these lists of 'entitlements', which are subject to no constraints except those of the mind and appetite of their authors.

There is no pure free-market economy.

A government is not legitimate merely because it exists.

I was a woman in a man's world. I was a Democrat in a Republican administration. I was an intellectual in a world of bureaucrats. I talked differently. This may have made me a bit like an ink blot.

Words can destroy. What we call each other ultimately becomes what we think of each other, and it matters.

I conclude that it is a fundamental mistake to think that salvation, justice, or virtue come through merely human institutions.

Democrats can't get elected unless things get worse-and things won't get worse unless they get elected.

Truth, which is important to a scholar, has to be concrete. And there is nothing more concrete than dealing with babies, burps and bottles, frogs and mud.

History is a better guide than good intentions.

What takes place in the Security Council more closely resembles a mugging than either a political debate or an effort at problem-solving.

Power ... is not an end in itself, but is an instrument that must be used toward an end.

We are born to kiss the stars and dance with the Moon.

The best words of wisdom that a parent can say to their child is "I Am proud of you".

The great nations have always acted like gangsters and the small nations like prostitutes.

The early firings contained many stones.

I didn't have an imaginary friend, and even if I did I'm sure it would have been derivative of something I saw on television.

If justice perishes, human life on Earth has lost its meaning.

If you're going to be an artist, you need to be an original.

Some libertarians succeed by re-inventing the wheel. Most libertarians fail by re-inventing the flat tire.

There's such a self-conscious balance that goes into television. Also, these are not people that think things through.

I think civilian Americans support the military very much.