[McCain had to defend himself on the same issue. Pressed by conservative commentator Alan Keyes on a mounting controversy after saying earlier Wednesday it would be] a family decision ... I will not draw my children into this discussion.

Controversy? What controversy? This is reality. What I see is that no matter if you're a conservative or a liberal or whatever side you stand on, this is the reality of the situation -- that people's families and their young kids are being affected.

When men understand what each other mean, they see, for the most part, that controversy is either superfluous or hopeless

The jury has a right to judge both the law as well as the fact in controversy

these are the days when men... seek the comfortable and the accepted; when the man of controversy is looked upon as a disturbing influence; when originality is taken to be a mark of instability; and when, in minor modification of the scriptural parable, the bland lead the bland.

A Conservative is only a Tory who is ashamed of himself.