Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.

Family life is too intimate to be preserved by the spirit of justice. It can be sustained by a spirit of love which goes beyond justice.

The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it.

Evil is not to be traced back to the individual but to the collective behavior of humanity.

Government unions should not be allowed to influence the public officials they are lobbying, and sitting across the bargaining table from, through campaign donations and expenditures.

I have talked to people across the country struggling in the face of an altered climate. New Jersey homeowners are trying to rebuild after Superstorm Sandy. Miami government officials are trying to plan for rising seas and flooded streets. California farmers are trying to make it through the state's worst drought on record.

I don't think I've had any great success in predicting politics or social change, nor have I really tried.

The United States is NATO's leading military power, and President Barack Obama has required NATO to align behind a doctrine that has amounted to the most disastrous American foreign-policy debacle since Vietnam.