The fact disclosed by a survey of the past that majorities have been wrong must not blind us to the complementary fact that majorities have usually not been entirely wrong.

The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.

We do not commonly see in a tax a diminution of freedom, and yet it clearly is one.

Opinion is ultimately determined by the feelings, and not by the intellect.

When science tries to resolve its conflicts by adding and subtracting dimensions to the Universe like houses on a Monopoly board, we need to examine our dogmas.

In politics, religion and other areas of culture, people disagree on the worth of competing ideas. There is no equivalent to the scientific method that can determine in a robust way which ideas match the real world, and which ones can be ruled out. So conflicting ideologies persist indefinitely.

There is nothing wrong with good accounting, except that it does not necessarily lead to good science.

It is absolutely critical for competitiveness in the United States for us to really raise the bar in education, especially in math, in science, in technology.