If Bach is not in Heaven, I am not going!

To buy very good wine nowadays requires only money. To serve it to your guests is a sign of fatigue.

Conservatism is the tacit acknowledgement that all that is finally important in human experience is behind us; that the crucial explorations have been undertaken, and that it is given to man to know what are the great truths that emerged from them.

Presley brought an excitement to singing, in part because rock and roll was greeted as his invention, but for other reasons not so widely reflected on: Elvis Presley had the most beautiful singing voice of any human being on earth.

We are so concerned to flatter the majority that we lose sight of how very often it is necessary, in order to preserve freedom for the minority, let alone for the individual, to face that majority down.

The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry.

I profoundly believe it takes a lot of practice to become a moral slob.