To isolate mathematics from the practical demands of the sciences is to invite the sterility of a cow shut away from the bulls.
In a racially divided society, majority rule is not a reliable instrument of democracy.
As a country, we are in a state of denial about issues of race and racism. And too many of our leaders have concluded that the way to remedy racism is to simply stop talking about race.
Most people ask questions because they want to know the answer; lawyers are trained never to ask questions unless they already know the answer.
Michelle Alexander's brave and bold new book paints a haunting picture in which dreary felon garb, post-prison joblessness, and loss of voting rights now do the stigmatizing work once done by colored-only water fountains and legally segregated schools. With dazzling candor, Alexander argues that we all pay the cost of the new Jim Crow.
Think only what is right there, what is right under your nose to do. It's such a simple thing - that's why people can't do it.
I don't talk about my friends behind their back.
[M]ore than they wanted freedom, the Athenians wanted security. Yet they lost everything-security, comfort, and freedom. This was because they wanted not to give to society, but for society to give to them. The freedom they were seeking was freedom from responsibility. It is no wonder, then, that they ceased to be free. In the modern world, we should recall the Athenians' dire fate whenever we confront demands for increased state paternalism.
What is perfection, anyway? It's the death of creativity.