Congress is full of good, decent, smart people who have devoted their lives to public service.

Liberals tend to be much more concerned about business and corporations as the oppressors. They look to government as the solution. On the Right it's the opposite. They see business as good, as what generates wealth in society, and they see government as the oppressor, which makes it hard for especially small businesspeople.

The rider evolved to serve to the elephant.

Reciprocity is a deep instinct; it is the basic currency of social life.

If you think that moral reasoning is something we do to figure out the truth, you’ll be constantly frustrated by how foolish, biased, and illogical people become when they disagree with you.

Diversity is not a virtue. Diversity is a good only to the extent that it advances other virtues, justice or inclusiveness of others who have previously been excluded.

The initial organization of the brain does not depend that much on experience. Nature provides a first draft, which experience then revises.