The Founders of the U.S. gave the senators a term of office three times longer than that of a representative precisely to encourage a reflective frame of mind, a distance from the passions of the voters, and a capacity for deliberative consideration.

In a time of social fragmentation, vulgarity becomes a way of life. To be shocking becomes more important - and often more profitable - than to be civil or creative or truly original.

I'm sorry I ever invented the Electoral College.

The spiritual sense of our place in nature... can be traced to the origins of human civilization... The last vestige of organized goddess worship was eliminated by Christianity.

The survival of the United States of America as we know it is at risk. And even more — if more should be required — the future of human civilization is at stake.

The interior of the earth is extremely hot – several million degrees.

Consider a clock thermostat, and set it so that you're not using energy when you don't need it, when you're out of your house.