Allowing ourselves to become a nation of silent, secretive, timid citizens is likely to result in a system of democracy and justice that is neither very democratic nor very just.

The First Aphorism of Religion Cases: Only the religious convictions of other people are weird. Yours are perfectly rational.

The fact that the Constitution is sufficiently open-ended to infuriate all Americans almost equally is part of its enduring genius.

We don't care what the framers would have thought of violent video games. Times are changing.

Am I right in saying that the locust of this problem is simply that judges in America are half political animals and half oracular demigods?

Pulling a crystalline, cogent rule out of the murk of the court's First Amendment, public forum, and Establishment Clause doctrine is an act of creation too complicated for mere mortals.

There is no rest stop on the misinformation highway.

I think particularly on the left, progressives wanted more bombast and more.

Never believe in any faith younger than you are.

I want to stay on the subject of marriage equality because this is the part of the show that everybody loves but you hate if you're the one who has to hear your own voice.

The Framers were no more interested in binding future Americans to a set of divinely inspired commandments than any of us would wish to be bound by them.

It's easier to fake it. When you fake it for sixteen years, it becomes part of you, something you don't think about.

Religion without reason is merely an illusion of religion – it is a mockery of religion, like it has become today.

Having a vision for your life is like having wider wings to fly high in the sky of your life.

No matter your reason, if you sacrifice your health, you’re making the wrong choice.

Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate. So practice happy thinking every day. Cultivate the merry heart develop the happiness habit and life will become a continual feast.

If you want to be taken seriously, always check your fly.

I used to do drugs, but that was way back there.

I have tremendous admiration for everyone who enters the political arena so long as their goal is to do what they believe is right for the people of New York.

If we wait till we run no risk, the gospel will never be introduced into the interior.

If the image one holds of one's self contains elements that don't square with reality, one is best advised to let go of them, however difficult that may be.