I mean to live my life an obedient man, but obedient to God, subservient to the wisdom of my ancestors; never to the authority of political truths arrived at yesterday at the voting booth.

Life can't be all bad when for ten dollars you can buy all the Beethoven sonatas and listen to them for ten years.

I'd rather entrust the government of the United States to the first 400 people listed in the Boston telephone directory than to the faculty of Harvard University.

Liberals, it has been said, are generous with other peoples' money, except when it comes to questions of national survival when they prefer to be generous with other people's freedom and security.

I profoundly believe it takes a lot of practice to become a moral slob.

All adventure is now reactionary.