We are a democratic, egalitarian people who spend our days desperately trying to climb over each other.

Populists hate journalists, they hate teachers, they hate lawyers, but they tend to like rich people. There's something deeply consistent.

On the [Andrew] Puzder point, I do agree there has been a double standard.

Empathy makes you more aware of other people's suffering, but it's not clear it actually motivates you to take moral action or prevents you from taking immoral action.

It’s not that Egypt doesn’t have a recipe for a democratic transition. It seems to lack even the basic mental ingredients.

The more people doubt their own beliefs the more, paradoxically, they are inclined to proselytize in favor of them.

It’s only useful to ask, what wisdom have you learned from your misjudgments that will help you going forward?