And unless you think there is a serious chance you're going to jail, don't listen to your lawyer.

Moderate Republicans are reverse Houdinis. They tie themselves up in knots and then tell you they can’t do anything because they’re tied up in knots.

The single most important thing you can do politically for gay rights is to come out. Not to write a letter to your congressman but to come out.

Bush senior used to say that we have more will than wallet. So he urged the country to attack poverty with a thousand points of light, none of which could be eaten.

And unless you think there is a serious chance you're going to jail, don't listen to your lawyer.

Take free speech: most of the tough cases on free speech involve very unpleasant people saying very obnoxious things.

For many of those who had historically supported welfare programs in the broadest sense, it was perfectly reasonable to enact legislation in which poor people were the objects of efforts to assist them.