"I do not have the time to read all the books I want to read and I do not have the time to read, let alone to absorb, the contents of the vast number of articles and essays at which anyone interested in ideas must glance."
"What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence."
"I like to think of myself as a political person who loves to write rather than a writer who happens to be political."
"The person who is certain, and who never doubts, is often actually the one who is wrong."
"Owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they will think you are God."