Feminists who want to censor what they regard as harmful pornography have essentially the same motivation as other would-be censors: They want to use the power of the state to accomplish what they have been unable to achieve in the marketplace of ideas and images. The impulse to censor places no faith in the possibilities of democratic persuasion.

I think people who love each other and live together and have children together need to agree on the things that are most important in life.

The more intelligent and competent a woman is in her adult life, the less likely she is to have received an adequate amount of romantic attention in adolescence.

The government should not be in the business of funneling money for social services through any faith-based organization

I can no more imagine falling in love with someone who believed that than I can imagine falling in love with someone who believes that blacks shouldn't be able to vote and are inferior to whites.

I'd be the last person in the world to deny that there are many people for whom faith is - can be a great sustaining force.

hope is not a plan of action.