The sequester has forced liberals to clarify their conviction that whatever the government's size is at any moment, is the bare minimum neccessary to forestall intolerable suffering.

Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona. Not all holes, or games, are created equal.

Some parents say it is toy guns that make boys warlike. But give a boy a rubber duck and he will seize its neck like the butt of a pistol and shout 'Bang!'

Americans are overreaching; overreaching is the most admirable and most American of the many American excesses.

The pursuit of perfection often impedes improvement.

Ronald Reagan has held the two most demeaning jobs in the country; President of the United States and radio broadcaster for the Chicago Cubs.

The unpleasant sound Bush is emitting as he traipses from one conservative gathering to another is a thin, tinny "arf" - the sound of a lap dog.

Sports is a moral undertaking because it requires of participants, and it schools spectators in the appreciation of, noble things - courage, grace under pressure, sportsmanship.

A politician's words reveal less about what he thinks about his subject than what he thinks about his audience.

A society that thinks the choice between ways of living is just a choice between equally eligible 'lifestyles' turns universities into academic cafeterias offering junk food for the mind.

Donald Trump is redundant evidence that if your net worth is high enough, your IQ can be very low and you can still intrude into American politics.

Love is a gift. One that doesn't need to be returned, just accepted.

I love the feeling of the fresh air on my face and the wind blowing through my hair.

Your existence gives me a headache. Go stand over there.

Be committed to whatever you're doing. That's something I've taken to heart and tried to do with whatever activities I take up.

Socialism can only be put into practice only by methods which most socialists disapprove.

We must remind ourselves that an assault on any one of our liberties and freedoms is an assault on all.

Everyone is going to face challenges. What defines you is how you overcome those.

Nothing really affected me until Elvis.

I aint know the police was from Babylon And I aint know Im cold just like an avalanche

If one would have a friend, then must one also be willing to wage war for him: and in order to wage war, one must be capable of being an enemy.