Nonprofit status is what created the Bible Belt. The tax code brought religion back to this country.

It never occurred to any Enlightenment figure in the eighteenth century that law was not preferable to man.

Most writers write books that they wouldn't read. I ought to know; I've done it myself.

If [drugs] didn't exist, our government would have to invent them, the better to enact laws aimed at keeping the citizens "sinless and obedient."

Since no one can ever know for certain whether or not his own view of life is the correct one, it is absolutely impossible for him to know if someone else's is the wrong one.

Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild.

We must always remember that the police are recruited from the criminal classes.