The words 'I'm sorry' are so powerful that it's almost difficult to overstate

There is little correlation between the circumstances of people's lives and how happy they are.

In a lifetime of observing and participating in political debate, I have seen a lot of meanness.

The more the state gives to its citizens, the less they have to earn. That is the basic concept of the welfare state - you receive almost everything you need without having to earn any of it. About half of Americans now pay no federal income tax - but they receive all government benefits just as if they had paid for, i.e., earned them.

Since the 1970s, I have asked students if they would first try to save their drowning dog or a drowning stranger. And for 40 years I have received the same results: One third vote for their dog, one third for the stranger, and one third don't know what they would do.

Not everyone wants to be happy

Repetition is the mother of pedagogy