Language is not a handmaiden to perception; it is perception; it gives shape to what would otherwise be inert and dead.

I do not support abortion rights. Although what I would support in this vexed area is not clear to me.

I should have known better. Pro-life arguments are now based on scientific evidence and the pro-choice arguments are not. That is a cultural, historical fact.

It is of no help to us that there is an absolute truth of the matter of things because unfortunately, none of us are in a position to say definitively what that is - although we all think that we are.

In general, higher education does not know how to speak for its interests. It offers a stance that is defensive, cowardly and likely to be ineffective.

A pro-choice advocate sees abortion as a decision to be made in accordance with the best scientific opinion as to when the beginning of life, as we know it, occurs.

The purpose of a good education is to show you that there are three sides to a two-sided story.