Willing or preferring is the same with respect to good and evil, that judging is with respect to truth or falsehood.

It is not enough to render things equal to the will, that they are equal or alike in themselves.

We have a right to know or may lawfully know any truth. And a right to know any truth whatsoever implies a right to think freely.

I am obliged to believe certain opinions myself. No man's belief will save me except my own.

The more a man knows, the more willing he is to learn. The less a man knows, the more positive he is that he knows everything...

The vast majority of Jews killed in the Holocaust never saw a concentration camp.

Give me passion -- and compassion -- any day.

I enjoy irritating the people who enjoy being irritated.

After immersing myself in the mysteries of the Electoral College for a novel I wrote in the '90s, I came away believing that the case for scrapping it is less obvious than I originally thought.

Privacy - like eating and breathing - is one of life's basic requirements.

My coaches have told me my muscles and body structure are perfect for skating.

My mother is French, my father is Texan.

Happy are those who find wisdom... She is more precious than jewels, and nothing you desire can compare with her. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

Do you know that I have undergone three quarters of this labour entirely for the sake of the fourth quarter?