The person who is certain, and who claims divine warrant for his certainty, belongs now to the infancy of our species.

I must have been one of the least surprised people on earth on September 11. I felt very braced for that. I knew something like that was going to come.

Distrust compassion; prefer dignity for yourself and others. Don't be afraid to be thought arrogant or selfish.

If I was to interrupt this article every few sentences, asking you whether or not I was making a good impression on you, I hope and believe that you would think I was a servile jerk. Yet this is what our politicians are doing in every speech.

Unlike other countries, it was founded on written proclamations. America is an ideal as well as a republic. Its documents are open to revisions. They're works in progress. There's an invitation to participate.

I've proved to be as difficult to convert as I am to hypnotize.

The essence of tyranny is not iron law. It is capricious law.