Liberal democracy has endured because its institutions are designed for handling morally hazardous forms of coercive power. It puts the question of how far government should go to the cross fire of adversarial review. Michael Ignatieff Read Quote
It’s no good to do a piece once and then move on because it doesn’t have time to develop. I try to play seven or eight concerti in a season, and generally one or two of those are new for me. Hilary Hahn Read Quote
The great thing about being in this business is that you meet people, and I met Sally Struthers. Betsy Brandt Read Quote
History will judge harshly my Republican colleagues who deny the science of climate change. Similarly, those Democrats who would use climate change as a basis to regulate out of existence the American experience will face the harsh reality that their ideas will fail. Matt Gaetz Read Quote
If I were to adopt pure mechanism as a philosophy, there would be no way I could choose to be a scholar. Kenneth L. Pike Read Quote
I was raised with the idea that the arts were a doss – but the arts are vital. If you see Mark Rylance perform Shakespeare at the Globe, you know it’s a spiritual act. Andrew Garfield Read Quote
If you spend a lot of energy on things that are wastes of time, then you waste energy, get sick, and die faster. James Altucher Read Quote
Because values change, legislatures abolish the death penalty, permit same-sex marriage if they want, abolish laws against homosexual conduct. That’s how the change in a society occurs. Society doesn’t change through a Constitution. Antonin Scalia Read Quote
