It is never smart, even in a strong democracy, to declare some debate off limits. In a weakening democracy it is catastrophic.

To find freedom and happiness in each others' arms, or you know, inside their own bodies and minds. That is a very empowering thing in a society that's trying to control us all the time.

To live in a culture in which women are routinely naked where men aren't is to learn inequality in little ways all day long.

We should be telling girls what they already know but rarely see affirmed: that the lives they lead inside their own self-contained bodies; the skills they attain through their own concentration and rigor, and the unique phase in their lives during which they may explore boys and eroticism at their own pace - these are magical. And they constitute the entrance point to a life cycle of a sexuality that should be held sacred.

The media needs to tell a story. And whenever there's a new generation, you know, with a new conversation, it's handy to say well, these are the angry young men, these are the hippies, these are the boomers.

Millions of people have to restore liberty and have to understand the danger and personal risk they face in a police state.

It is never smart, even in a strong democracy, to declare some debate off limits. In a weakening democracy it is catastrophic.