[If critics of the Pledge of Allegiance persuaded the public it should be changed] then we could eliminate under God from the Pledge of Allegiance, that could be democratically done.

It is difficult to maintain the illusion that we are interpreting a Constitution, rather than inventing one.

What is a moderate interpretation of the text? Halfway between what it really means and what you'd like it to mean?

A Bill of Rights that means what the majority wants it to mean is worthless.

If we cannot have moral feelings against homosexuality, can we have it against murder? Can we have it against other things?

Devout Christians are destined to be regarded as fools in modern society. We are fools for Christ's sake. We must pray for courage to endure the scorn of the sophisticated world.

Day by day, case by case, the Supreme Court is busy designing a Constitution for a country I do not recognize.

I even accept for the sake of argument that sexual orgies eliminate social tensions and ought to be encouraged.

In a big family the first child is kind of like the first pancake. If it's not perfect, that's okay, there are a lot more coming along.

For in order for capitalism to work -- in order for it to produce a good and a stable society -- the traditional Christian virtues are essential.

In the eyes of government we are just one race here. It is American.

Lead us toward a speech, which is as beautiful as silence, and toward a silence, which is as beautiful as the sweetest and truest of words. (119)

Ladies sheltering behind men, men sheltering behind servants - the whole system's wrong, and she must challenge it.

Hair of the dog and to keep me company I made a drink.

What you really value is what you miss not what you have.

I'm not into extreme sports or something. I just live a quiet life.

What an odd, ruminating, noisy, self-interrupting conversation we conduct with ourselves from birth to death.

I wanna be a president for everyone in America. That's my goal, this what I will do, that's what I've done in my past.

The film industry is like Anne Robinsonalways on the look-out for a new face

History has thrust something upon me from which I cannot turn away.

Whatever you lost through fate, be certain that it saved you from pain.