For passion, be it observed, brings insight with it; it can give a sort of intelligence to simpletons, fools, and idiots, especially during youth.

A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories.

Small natures require despotism to exercise their sinews, as great souls thirst for equality to give play to their heart.

Equality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can ever turn it into a fact.

A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on the installment plan.

In this life and death case, I felt Mrs. Schiavo should receive the fullest due process from our legal system.

Morality becomes hypocrisy if it means accepting mothers' suffering or dying in connection with unwanted pregnancies and illegal abortions and unwanted children.

I dislike religion quite intensely. It's been the cause of all the grief in the world ever since they discovered the first stone to worship.