They don't know the distinction between taking care of a child and raising a child.

Regardless of whether people have free will, human flourishing requires that they live in an environment in which they are treated as if they did.

The percentage of people qualifying for federal disability benefits because they are unable to work rose from 0.7 percent of the size of the labor force in 1960 to 5.3% in 2010.

The human impulse behind the isolation of class is as basic as impulses get: People like to be around other people who understand them and to whom they can talk.

The average Harvard freshman in 1952 would have placed in the bottom 10 percent of the incoming class by 1960.

Data can bear on policy issues, but many of our opinions about policy are grounded in premises about the nature of human life and human society that are beyond the reach of data.

Responsibility for the consequences of actions is not the price of freedom, but one of its rewards.

paying taxes is a cheap price for a quiet conscience—much cheaper than actually having to get involved in the lives of their fellow citizens.

It was the truth. I felt a yearning love for every instant that passed.

There are a lot of good things about string theory, and it's great that some people want to work on it.

a sick room is at times too sacred a place for a friend's knock, timid as that is.

Liberty'''.that condition of man in which coercion of some by others is reduced as much as possible in society

A great literature is thus chiefly the product of doubting and inquiring minds in revolt against the immovable certainties of the nation.

There are three great truths, 1st, That there is a God; 2nd, That He has spoken to us in the Bible; 3rd, That He means what He says.

I'm horrible to live with. I don't clean. My clothes end up wherever I take them off. I forget to flush the toilet.

Some people have questioned whether or not I can play a nice guy. Sometimes you can't win for losing.

To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of people always possess arms.

What thought can think, another thought can mend.