I am not a conservative — neo or paleo. Conservatism is a respectable outlook... I just do not happen to be that animal.

The spirit is at home, if not entirely satisfied, in America.

Classical music is a special taste like Greek language or pre-Columbian archeology, not a common culture of reciprocal communication and psychological shorthand.

I am not a conservative — neo or paleo. Conservatism is a respectable outlook... I just do not happen to be that animal.

Education is not sermonizing to children against their instincts and pleasures, but providing a natural continuity between what they feel and what they can and should be.

There is no real education that does not respond to felt need; anything else acquired is trifling display.

Error is indeed our enemy, but it alone points to the truth and therefore deserves our respectful treatment.