What our economists call a depressed area almost always turns out to be a cleaner, freer, more livable place than most.

When I hear the word 'culture', I reach for my checkbook.

No man is wise enough to be another man's master. Each man's as good as the next -- if not a damn sight better.

If the end does not justify the means - what can?

We live in the kind of world where courage is the most essential of virtues; without courage, the other virtues are useless.

If it's knowledge and wisdom you want, then seek out the company of those who do real work for an honest purpose.

The only thing worse than a knee-jerk liberal is a knee-pad conservative.