There are many who lust for the simple answers of doctrine or decree. They are on the left and right. They are not confined to a single part of the society. They are terrorists of the mind.

Major sports are major parts of society. It's not anomalous to have people who love sports come from other parts of that society.

A liberal education is at the heart of a civil society, and at the heart of a liberal education is the act of teaching.

The university is our culture's assertion that what is made by the mind has value and can convey values.

There are a lot of people who know me who can't understand for the life of them why I would got to work on something as unserious as baseball. If they only knew.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessons of the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part of the knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be one who knows that if you reserve the power not to use all your power, you will lead others far more successfully and well.