Bad speech doesn’t require censorship, it requires good speech.
But if we successfully reduce gun murders without reducing the overall murder rate, that’s not really success. The murder victim doesn’t care whether he was killed with a gun, knife, hammer, car, poison, anvil, or blow-dart. Neither should we.
Corporations (and other associations) do not have liberty and property rights because they are 'people,' but because they are created, managed, and controlled by people.
I can't help but laugh when I am condemned for believing in Heaven, Hell, and an invisible God by people who believe in invisible matter and hidden dimensions.
I hate it when reality steals my plots.
I was walking around one day trying to figure out what the meaning of life was. I figured it was something that would come to me easily while walking around, but I didn't actually figure it out until I sat down.
If anybody ever says you're 'smart as a whip,' remember this: whips are inanimate objects that do not possess any intelligence whatsoever.
If you constantly accuse those you disagree with of bigotry, chances are that you, not them, are the bigot.
Interest groups...are made up of people who willingly support those groups with their time and money. They aren’t some diabolical, nebulous enemy of our democracy; they ARE democracy.
It has been said that beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. It can also be said that hiccups are proof that God hates us and wants us to be angry.
It is both irrational and counterproductive to fight evil by disarming good.
It is not reasonable to say that a murder is automatically worse because it is motivated by racial or religious animus.... Murder is murder. All murders are hateful.
It makes little sense to condemn Christianity for its adherents’ and leaders’ hypocrisy; our faith is possibly the only one in the world that openly admits it is full of imperfect, sinful hypocrites.
It's always good to break ice that you're not standing on.
It's disingenuous to call something a 'right' if you simultaneously demand that people take advantage of their 'right' whether they want to or not. That's not a right, it's a command. Republics have rights; tyrants have commands.
Likewise, our churches should not be afraid to challenge the moral decay that surrounds them today--even if the righteous stance is unpopular or 'offensive' in some (or even all) circles.
Never expect the worst, but always be ready for it anyway.
Nobody has the right to search (or disarm) a citizen in a public space.
Our government is still clothed in the garb of a republic, but more and more our representatives behave as if they are the American sovereigns and are un-bound by any limits on their authority.
People who live their lives selfishly and at the detriment of others are often the ones who complain loudest about how badly they think they've been mistreated.
Pizza is proof that God exists.
Searches are only permissible with explicit consent or probable cause. There is no such thing as implied consent.
So I'm just sayin' to BREATHE while you go along in this relationship, because if two people leave each other breathless too long somebody's gonna lose consciousness.
Some people think God is infinitely demanding. Some think he is infinitely forgiving. He is both.
The Democratic Party’s position on abortion today is as indefensible as its position on slavery was in 1859, and those who adhere to it will be judged by our posterity just as harshly. Mark my words.
The fact that I want to fly to Albuquerque does not constitute probable cause for an invasive search.
The only problem with demolishing examples of Brutalist architecture is that there are other examples still standing.
The purpose of the First Amendment’s religion clause was not to protect the state (or the people) from religion, but to protect religion from the state....
The rabbit's tail looks like it's made of cotton because if the tail looked like it was made of polyester, everybody would assume that the rabbit was artificial.
The rules don’t change based on who’s breaking them.
The United States has lasted well more than two-hundred years, but it is still young in the grand scheme of things. The apathy of the people can still be its downfall.
Those who oppose 'corporate personhood' should consider how difficult it will be to win a settlement against a company that you cannot sue because it is not a legal person.
Too many of us believe we will never need to act individually—violently, if necessary—to protect ourselves, our families, our liberty, our communities, or our country.
Totalitarian regimes tend to emphasize state education, because they know that indoctrinating the children protects their positions of power.
Truth isn't some malleable thing that changes with the times. It is truth. There is an objective reality, and an objective morality, that can be discerned with faith and reason.
We know that love doesn't mean unquestioning acceptance, constant affirmation, or bottomless approval. People who expect these things are narcissists; people who indulge them are sycophants.
We should be teaching our children to aspire to greatness, not to resent it in others.
When I say 'follow your heart,' it's actually shorthand for 'follow your heart unless your brain makes a reasonable objection.'
When you’re right, you don’t have to worry too much about stinging political defeats. All you have to do is sit back and let the winners enact their policies. If you’re really right, and they’re really wrong, their policies will fail.
With the return of school I've gotten back into my stressed-out cycle. In this cycle I go back and forth between 'OH MY GOD I HAVE A MILLION THINGS TO DO!' and 'Ah, screw it.'