There can be no question about whether we should or should not transform our society in the direction of sustainability.

We have produced a world of contented bodies and discontented minds.

'Unbroken' was published as a help to society.

Any good practical philosophy must start out with the recognition of our having a body.

We should not expect people to be good, but should make it impossible for them to be bad.

Final Ruin fiercely drives Her ploughshare o'er creation.

Once the Xerox copier was invented, private diplomacy died. There's no such thing as secrecy. It's just a question of whether it's leaked or revealed openly.

I really do think the things that make our society what it is are under threat. It should be about everyone having the potential to be what they're going to be.

Only people who look dull ever get into the House of Commons, and only people who are dull ever succeed there.

[T]he Christian religion, in its purity, is the basis, or rather the source of all genuine freedom in government. . . . and I am persuaded that no civil government of a republican form can exist and be durable in which the principles of that religion have not a controlling influence.