Freedom of the mind requires not only, or not even especially the absence of legal constraints but the presence of alternative thoughts.

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

Freedom of the mind requires not only, or not even especially the absence of legal constraints but the presence of alternative thoughts.

The importance of these [college] years for an American cannot be overestimated. They are civilization's only chance to get to him.

This nation's impulse is toward the future, and tradition seems more of a shackle to it than an inspiration.

These sociologists who talk to facilely about the sacred are like a man who keeps a toothless old circus lion around the house in order to experience the thrills of the jungle.

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