The trade-off between freedom and security, so often proposed so seductively, very often leads to the loss of both.

One of the reasons I decided to apply for American citizenship after something like a quarter of century of living here on a British, European Union passport and a green card, was my identification with the United States in the post-September 11th period.

Ronald Reagan used to alarm his Soviet counterparts by saying that surely they'd both unite against an invasion from Mars.

No society has gone the way of gulags or concentration camps by following the path of Spinoza and Einstein and Jefferson and Thomas Paine

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

A Great voice has fallen silent. A great heart has stopped.

It's called faith because it's not knowledge.