It is possible to read the history of this country as one long struggle to extend the liberties established in our Constitution to everyone in America.

Oh, hell, I can’t go on a spiritual journey—I'm constipated.

Whenever you hear a politician carry on about what a mess the schools are, be aware that you are looking at the culprit.

Rank imperialism and warmongering are not American traditions or values. We do not need to dominate the world.

One function of the income gap is that the people at the top of the heap have a hard time even seeing those at the bottom. They practically need a telescope. The pharaohs of ancient Egypt probably didn't was a lot of time thinking about the people who build their pyramids, either.

The Founders were right all along, but the results are a lot funnier than they intended.

no one has ever accused Texas of being in the vanguard of social progress. This is the most macho state in the U.S. of A. By lore, legend, and fact, Texas is 'hell' on women and horses.