Modern Orthodoxy has a highly positive attitude toward the State of Israel. Our Ultra-Orthodox brethren recognize only the Holy Land, but not the state.

I showed that privacy was an implicit right in Jewish law, probably going back to the second or third century, when it was elaborated on in a legal way.

I was not the midwife of the Law School, but its fraternal twin.

This principle of unity of the whole along with respect for individual differences is symbolized in the Mishkan, the Tabernacle.

Maimonides taught that it is better that 10 criminals go free than let one innocent man be executed. The Innocence Project represents that point of view.

Not all Modern Orthodox Jews, at the present juncture, identify with what the Israeli government does. In Israel many religious Zionists strongly oppose the government because of the disengagement.

No religious position is loyally served by refusing to consider annoying theories which may well turn out to be facts.

As a result of this article, I was invited to testify in the Senate Judiciary Committee on privacy law.

Most students have thoughts about emigrating to Israel. A significant number go on aliyah. We are proud of our Israel programs, which come at a considerable cost to the university.

In Judaism, there are 613 biblical commandments, and the Talmud says that the chief commandment of all is study.

Judaism is an intellectually based religion, and the single most important theme is that of study.

Wars are all fought by men who either believe they are right or who have no other choice. How they fight defines who they are when the blood stops flowing.

Most people rust out due to lack of challenge. Few people rust out due to overuse.

I've been privileged to see the presidency up close. And I know the awesome responsibility of protecting America and the incredible opportunity of working to try to make life better for all of you.

Never traffic in unpracticed truth.

Many of our deepest motives come, not from an adult logic of how things work in the world, but out of something that is frozen from childhood.

Man is diminished if he lives without knowledge of his past; without hope of a future he becomes a beast.

I love when people get songs wrong. I love when people take something from a song that's totally not what I intended!

I think you always have to keep your eye open and take advantage of anything that may come your way.

Poor little Foal of an oppressed race! I love the languid patience of thy face.

Fortunately, many people also enjoy a stand-alone as a sample of something new, like trying the special at a favourite restaurant one night instead of going for the usual.