Trump University is just one of the many lines of attack that were opened up last night, giving a preview of what's to come in the general if [Donald] Trump is indeed the Republican nominee.

If you want to defend torture, well then go ahead. But please spare me any sermons about the law ever again.

We're in an historic drought, and that demands unprecedented action.

We cannot have a just society that applies the principle of accountability to the powerless and the principle of forgiveness to the powerful. This is the America in which we currently reside.

Who says meritocracy says oligarchy.

California became the last state in the west to regulate groundwater usage. The state's first-ever mandatory water restrictions soon followed.

We now operate in a world in which we can assume neither competence nor good faith from the authorities. The consequences of this simple, devastating realization define American life.

Donald Trump is not going anywhere. And we see as calculated as these are, he has a knack for telling a certain segment of a base what they want.

Climate change is the biggest governing challenge we face. It's the biggest governing challenge I think we've ever faced.

The backlash to [Sarah] Palin's comments was swift, with veterans and veterans' groups criticizing the apparent politicization of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Inequality and hierarchy are natural, but that doesn't mean they are right, that doesn't mean there is isn't a productive tension between those forces and the forces of equality.

An inferiority complex is acquired in childhood

To paraphrase Muggeridge: Everything is a parable that God is speaking to us, the art of life is to get the message.

What a hideout: Holiness lies spread and borne over the surface of time and stuff like color.

Classics can be phenomenal when done right. A simple roast chicken dish could be the best thing you ever eat.

I have seen one shrike occupy himself for hours in sticking up on thorns, a number of small fishes that the fishermen had thrown on the shore. The fishes dried up and decayed.

Yeah, I've always sung, and I always try to find a way for music to be in my life.

A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.

Nobody speaks of a beautifful view for 5 minutes

We're going to tear those boys apart.