It is always incorrect to assume you can know what someone's moral convictions are based on their philosophical theories.

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

Freedom of speech is not an academic value. Accuracy of speech is an academic value; completeness of speech is an academic value; relevance of speech is an academic value. Each of these is directly related to the goal of academic inquiry: getting a matter of fact right.

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

We in universities are not in the democracy business. What we do, when we're doing it, is teach and learn.

The first thing to ask when writing a sentence is 'What am I trying to do?'

No word floats without an anchoring connection within an overall structure.