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

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.

For all their faults, right-wing authoritarian regimes more easily accept democratic reforms than left-wing totalitarian states.

For me, philanthropic return on investment is about making the biggest impact possible on fellow human beings, regardless of country, race or religion.

The advertising media in this country continuously informs the American male of his need for indispensable signs of his virility.

The intuitive mind is nonphysical. It is not part of the brain or any other cellular structure in the physical body. It is part of the causal body.

No matter what you do, no matter how hard you try, you're screwed because it's all fixed and rigged. There is a club and you ain't in it.

To stay youthful, stay useful.

He who writes the Resolved Clause, wins the debate.

To say it is not practical, one has to also admit that integration is not practical.

A man cannot possess anything that is better than a good wife, or anything that is worse than a bad one.

When we first went there we completely lacked confidence. Our manager told us our act was too long, and told us to drop certain numbers and concentrate on the exciting stuff. And he was right.

Take away the miseries and you take away some folks' reason for living.