“Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views.”

“Decent people should ignore politics, if only they could be confident that politics would ignore them”

“A second marked characteristic of the Liberal in debate with the conservative is the tacit premise that debateis ridiculous....Many people shrink from arguments over facts because facts are tedious...”

“For people who like that sort of thing, that's the sort of thing they like.”

“I do not, in short, myself believe it is in the least bit undignified to confess to having been critically influenced in one's thinking by a teacher, or a faculty, or a book; but the accent these d...”

“Human progress is achieved by taking exact measurements.”

“Education doesnt make you happy. Nor does freedom. We dont become happy just because were free if we are. Or because weve been educated if we have. But because education may be the means by which...”

“Because I trust in the ever-changing climate of the heart. (At least, today I feel that way.) I think it is necessary to have many experiences for the sake of feeling something; for the sake of bei...”

“The past has no power over the present moment.”

“...the state of Virginia had turned down twenty-one thousand women for admission to state colleges in 1970 while not turning away a single man...”

“When we introduce new technologies into our classrooms we are teaching our students twice.”

“Understanding proximate cause is also like understanding your mother: It can take years and then, just when you think you have her figured out, she surprises you.”

“Terrorism is the war of the weak and war is the terrorism of the strong.”

“Terrorism is the war of the weak and war is the terrorism of the strong.”