The very essence of rationalism is that it assumes that the reason is the highest faculty in man and the read more

The very essence of rationalism is that it assumes that the reason is the highest faculty in man and the lord of all the rest.

I would not be happy unless I had some regular work to do every day and I imagine that I read more

I would not be happy unless I had some regular work to do every day and I imagine that I will always feel that way no matter how old I am.

When we lost power to that whole computer room, the UPS didn't kick in like it should. Apparently, the batteries read more

When we lost power to that whole computer room, the UPS didn't kick in like it should. Apparently, the batteries in the UPS systems were not sufficiently strong enough.

(Game two was) a little sloppier on both sides. The temperature goes down, kids get tired, that's high school baseball.

(Game two was) a little sloppier on both sides. The temperature goes down, kids get tired, that's high school baseball.

Frankly, we're perplexed. You'd like to see prices about this time of the year fairly low in anticipation of the read more

Frankly, we're perplexed. You'd like to see prices about this time of the year fairly low in anticipation of the summer cost increases. Unfortunately, they're already in the stratosphere and still headed north.

For the most part, I think they've been pretty good. The crew we had the first and second nights were read more

For the most part, I think they've been pretty good. The crew we had the first and second nights were professional-looking. There were a few ball-strike calls I didn't like, but that's going to happen in the big leagues or anywhere.

Just remember, ... my grandstand's bigger than your grandstand.

Just remember, ... my grandstand's bigger than your grandstand.

We brought the lawsuit because we believe the public has a right to know about the 'no fly' list and read more

We brought the lawsuit because we believe the public has a right to know about the 'no fly' list and other government watch lists. And we succeeded in doing so by making public hundreds of pages of documents that not only confirmed the existence of the 'no fly' list, but exposed many of the serious problems with the secret list. Only by informed public debate can we make our government accountable and our country safer.

I don't have any formula for ousting a dictator or building democracy. All I can suggest is to forget about read more

I don't have any formula for ousting a dictator or building democracy. All I can suggest is to forget about yourself and just think of your people. It's always the people who make things happen.