There are only two ways of telling the complete truth - anonymously and posthumously.

A moral monopoly is the antithesis of a marketplace of ideas.

The Constitution cannot protect us unless we protect the Constitution.

Social values in general are incrementally variable: neither safety, diversity, rational articulation, nor morality is categorically a good thing to have more of, without limits. All are subject to diminishing returns, and ultimately negative returns.

The biggest difference between people is between those who are trying to do the right thing - whether or not they succeed - and those for whom the only question is how much they can get away with.

Over the generations, black leaders have ranged from noble souls to shameless charlatans.

No individual and no generation has had enough personal experience to ignore the vast experience of the human race that is called history. Yet most of our schools and colleges today pay little attention to history. And many of our current policies repeat mistakes that were made, time and again, in the past with disastrous results.