The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of one's country deep enough to call her to a higher plain.

I always thought of myself as a moderate liberal, a fighter for peace and justice. I never thought of myself as being all that far out.

Politics is an act of faith you have to show some kind of confidence in the intellectual and moral capacity of the public.

Well, we ought to be stirred, even to tears, by society's ills.

I've come to realize that protecting freedom of choice in our everyday lives is essential to maintaining a healthy civil society.