The filibuster is an affront to commonly understood democratic norms, but then so is the Senate.

A political ideology is a very handy thing to have. It's a real time-saver, because it tells you what you think about things you know nothing about.

Where is it written that if you don't like religion you are somehow disqualified from being a legitimate American? What was Mark Twain, a Russian?

I'm pretty sure there is no such thing as God.

A "communist/socialist/progressive" is an oxymoron, like an "atheist/evangelical Christian/Muslim."

Unfair in practice is not the same thing as wrong in principle, but sometimes it has to do.

I don't think that the "freedom movement" is a racist movement as such. But it's a virulent example of identity politics. "Whiteness" is part of the identity, but not the most important part.

Because that was then and this is now. Because the past is gone, even though it defines the present.

As soon as jealousy is discovered, it is regarded by the person who is its object as a challenge which justifies deception.

The friendships which last are those wherein each friend respects the other's dignity to the point of not really wanting anything from him.

Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than the one with all the facts.

I've lost a lot of teeth and square yards of hide. But I've never lost my self-respect, and I've kept what I find in few men of my age - my enthusiasm.

How can we be isolating ourselves when it's 16 to 3 in NATO for what we want to do?

The only mistakes you can learn from are the ones you survive.

You lose that sacred-cow status when you lose three straight years.

Every day I practise my flute. I've been doing it for decades and every day I find something new that inspires me for all the rest that I do in my days.