The universe is not fair and it is never going to be fair.

It's obvious, but perhaps worth saying, that happiness has virtually nothing to do with the state of your intellect.

Before Watergate and Viet Nam, the American public, as a whole, believed everything it was told, and since then it doesn't believe anything, and both of those extremes hurt us because they prevent us from recognizing the truth.

There's a flipside to this; if you as an individual have the right to live on your own terms, you must have the right to both succeed and fail on them.

The reason Ronald Reagan gets slammed for having so badly exacerbated the problem of deficit spending is that he so plainly deserves it.

It's your body and your life and you have an absolute right to do with it as you choose.

There are, believe it or not, good politicians.

There is virtually nothing I wouldn't be willing to do, to try and make sure that children have a fair shake in life.

There's no way for me to know, but my best guess, as it must be for everyone, is that other people are pretty much like me.