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.

All that is good is not embodied in the law; and all that is evil is not proscribed by the law. A well-disciplined society needs few laws; but it needs strong mores.

... to say that the CIA and the KGB engage in similar practices is the equivalent of saying that the man who pushes an old lady into the path of a hurtling bus is not to be distinguished from the man who pushes an old lady out of the path of a hurtling bus: on the grounds that, after all, in both cases someone is pushing old ladies around.

Conservatives should be adamant about the need for the reappearance of Judeo-Christianity in the public square.

Life can't be all bad when for ten dollars you can buy all the Beethoven sonatas and listen to them for ten years.

Self-control is one of the most exhilarating of pleasures.

Not everything that is legal is reputable.