More humane societies are usually smaller, like the Scandinavian countries and Holland, where it is much easier to reach consensus and cooperation.
I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world!
We all know that we have to get off of fossil fuels. And we know that the world is going in that direction. And we have to do it fast.
Chicago is an exciting place which renews itself. The workshop system encourages close reading and frank discussions of papers and ideas.
The scientific study of labor economics provided the opportunity for me to unite theory with evidence my lifetime intellectual passion.
The moon is essentially gray, no color; looks like plaster of Paris or sort of a grayish beach sand.
Boys like either dinosaurs or airplanes. I was very much an airplane boy.
Yet consider now, whether women are not quite past sense and reason, when they want to rule over men.
Trusting in Christ, we may boldly join in the combat, and enlist ourselves among that disinterested band, who fight not for human ambition, or human praise, but for the honour of our Saviour, and the salvation of men.
Thanks to former President George W. Bush - remember the compassionate conservative? - I have a good name for the fundamental principle that should guide the Democratic alternative: compassionate deficit reduction.
It is provided by the Constitution that the President shall from time to time give to the Congress information of the state of the Union and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient.
When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. We are angry at each other much of the time.
Once upon a time there was an old country, wrapped up in habit and caution. We have to transform our old France into a new country and marry it to its time.
We went into darkness after being in daylight the whole time on the way to the Moon. And then we went into darkness. And we're in the shadow... of the Moon.
I would suspect strongly that over a period of time, if we put our mind to going to Mars, it will be a consortium of several countries.
Half the issues they - are so polished they're talking about - are dead by the time they get into the office, and into the midst of their tour where they're really productive.
I wanted to have the adoration of John Lennon but have the anonymity of Ringo Starr. I didn't want to be a frontman. I just wanted to be back there and still be a rock and roll star at the same time.
As minorities and other immigrant groups become more important to our economy, the inner city is a crucible that gives us an early look at phenomena that are going to be spreading more broadly in the economy over time.
When I was born, some of our relatives came to our house and told my mother, 'Don't worry, next time you will have a son.'
With every song that I write, I compare it to the Beatles. The thing is, they only got there before me. If I'd been born at the same time as John Lennon, I'd have been up there.
Something happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people might not want to talk about it. They were under the heel of the French... and they got together and swore a pact to the devil.
