Socialism values equality more than liberty

When I grew up, the conservatives were the isolationists and the liberals were the idealists. Now it's reversed

When you are guaranteed you will win, you can take very inflammatory, very extreme positions. If you have to run in a district where where you might lose, you will move to the center. That is the beauty of the two party system in America as opposed to the parliamentary system in Europe

Conservatives divide the world in terms of good and evil while liberals do it in terms of the rich and poor

If your religion doesn't teach you the difference between good and evil, your religion is worse than useless

Those who are compassionate when they should be tough will be tough when they should be compassionate

There is little correlation between the circumstances of people's lives and how happy they are

Not only do we have a right to be happy, we have an obligation to be happy— because our happiness has an effect on everyone around us

Given the amount of unjust suffering and unhappiness in the world, I am deeply grateful for, sometimes even perplexed by, how much misery I have been spared

There is much less envy of the rich by the poor than there is of the happy by the unhappy; by those who believe by those who don’t believe