Truth, which is important to a scholar, has to be concrete. And there is nothing more concrete than dealing with babies, burps and bottles, frogs and mud.

Tyranny and anarchy are alike incompatible with freedom, security, and the enjoyment of opportunity.

Power ... is not an end in itself, but is an instrument that must be used toward an end.

Solidarity was the movement that turned the direction of history, I think.

All of us confront limits of body, talent, temperament. But that is not all. We are, all of us, also constrained by our time, our place, our civilization.

Truth, which is important to a scholar, has to be concrete. And there is nothing more concrete than dealing with babies, burps and bottles, frogs and mud.

Democrats can't get elected unless things get worse-and things won't get worse unless they get elected.