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

Big Brother is not the only danger facing the country. Another is the rising tide of distrust, the corrosive spread of cynicism, the fraying of the social fabric and the rise of people who are so individualistic in their outlook that they have no real understanding of how to knit others together and look after the common good.

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

I do think trying to live each day as a bunch of moral occasions, did I live up to what I would hope, and, if I didn't, what can I do tomorrow to be a little better, I do think we can improve. We get better at life as we get older.

The people who really have character make deep, unshakable connections to something outside themselves.

I think Trump's attention span is super low. I don't think he has the expertise to actually run a foreign policy.

The moral foundation of the society, the way we interact with each other is more fundamental than the Supreme Court.