What rules the world is idea, because ideas define the way reality is perceived.

I have observed over the years that the unanticipated consequences of social action are always more important, and usually less agreeable, than the intended consequences.

A neoconservative is a liberal who's been mugged by reality. A neoliberal is a liberal who's been mugged by reality but has refused to press charges.

A welfare state, properly conceived, can be an integral part of a conservative society.

It was a new kind of class war - the people as citizens versus the politicians and their clients in the public sector.

A liberal is a person who sees a fourteen-year-old girl performing sex acts onstage and wonders if she's being paid minimum wage.

One can be unhappy before eating caviar, even after, but at least not during.