Of course, conservatives always claim to be against judicial activism.

So the danger of conservative judicial activism has been averted for another year. Stay tuned.

The takings clause of the Fifth Amendment is for conservatives what the equal protection clause of the 14th is for liberals.

Many 'hard' scientists regard the term 'social science' as an oxymoron. Science means hypotheses you can test, and prove or disprove. Social science is little more than observation putting on airs.

In those days, the late 1970s, one of the leading politicians was a soon-to-be uncle by marriage of Arnold Schwarzenegger, named Ted Kennedy.

He's nice enough not to want to be associated with a nasty remark but not nice enough not to make it. Lacking the courage of one's nastiness does not make one nice.

Americans don't want leadership. They want alchemy.

Anything that keeps a politician humble is healthy for democracy.

If sexual intercourse, as the poets tell us, began in 1963, it was another decade and a half before the American political system began to take notice.

If hypocrisy is the tribute vice pays to virtue, piousness is virtue paying tribute to itself.

I have a saying: the scandal isn't what's illegal, the scandal is what's legal.

As it is with the love of the body, so with the friendship of the mind, the full is only reached by admittance to the most retired places.

You know your vote doesn't count, but you go through the motions, because it's been drummed into your head that you might be the one person who makes a difference.

Life is a thorough university

I had no intention of entering politics, but then the force of events led me to become involved in politics.

The three-martini lunch is the epitome of American efficiency. Where else can you get an earful, a bellyful and a snootful at the same time?

When Charles first saw our child Mary, he said all the proper things for a new father. He looked upon the poor little red thing and blurted, "She's more beautiful than the Brooklyn Bridge."

If my boss knew how unproductive I am on Fridays, he wouldn't want me here either.

The girls in kindergarten would chase us boys around trying to kiss us. Im proud to say I was the first to stop running.

I am simply a book drunkard.

In everything that can be called art there is a quality of redemption.